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MATTER OF SUCCESSION OF STEVENSON

No. CA 85 0466.

492 So.2d 100 (1986)

In the Matter of the SUCCESSION OF Orange STEVENSON, Jr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied October 10, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Douglas, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee Leola Smith, (as she appears as executrix in the testament dated 12/19/77).

Clifford H. Kern, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant Leola Smith (individually).

Joel B. Dickinson, Baton Rouge, for intervenor-appellee Lloyd Stevenson and Willie Stevenson.

Douglas N. Stracener, and Nealon Stracener, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Mary V. Harrell, etc.

Before LOTTINGER, CRAIN and PONDER, JJ.

PONDER, Judge.

In this succession proceeding, Leola W. Smith appeals a judgment holding she failed to file a timely filiation action. The issues are: (1) did the pleadings filed by appellant constitute a filiation action and, (2) if so, did she establish filiation to the decedent, Orange Stevenson, Jr.

Answering both inquiries in the affirmative, we reverse.

FACTS

Orange Stevenson, Jr., died on July 11, 1982. The present proceedings were...

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