LEE v. SUCCESSION OF CHAPMAN

No. 16749-CA.

463 So.2d 896 (1985)

Nora Velma Chapman LEE, et al., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The SUCCESSION OF Arthur CHAPMAN and Dover Chapman, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 23, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank E. Brown, Jr., Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant, Nora Velma Chapman Lee, et al.

Cary & Cary by Curtis W. Cary, Shreveport, for defendant-appellee, Evelyn Chapman White.

Whitehead & McCoy by C.R. Whitehead, Jr., Natchitoches, for defendant-appellee, Ganeswell McClinton.

Before JASPER E. JONES, SEXTON and NORRIS, JJ.


NORRIS, Judge.

Plaintiffs Nora C. Lee and Hazel C. Washington, alleging they were the acknowledged natural children of decedent Arthur Chapman, brought this suit demanding recognition as his acknowledged illegitimate children and forced heirs. They also named as defendant the succession of Dover Chapman, Arthur's wife, who survived Arthur but is now deceased. The trial court sustained defendants' peremptory exceptions of prescription and dismissed the suit. Plaintiffs...

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