SUCCESSION OF SANDERS

No. 17564-CA.

485 So.2d 126 (1986)

SUCCESSION OF Elijah SANDERS and Ida Belle Sanders Powell. Joe Albert BEDFORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harry SANDERS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied May 1, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dawkins, Coyle & Carter by Michael S. Coyle, Howard W. Wright, Jr., Ruston, for plaintiff-appellant.

Sharp & McVea by Robert W. Sharp, Jr., Barham, Adkins & Tatum by Tommy J. Adkins, Ruston, for defendants-appellees.

Before HALL, FRED W. JONES, Jr. and LINDSAY, JJ.


LINDSAY, Judge.

Plaintiff, Joe Albert Bedford, appeals the trial court judgment applying LSA-C.C. Art. 209 to his claim for filiation and finding that he failed to establish by clear and convincing evidence the maternal filiation of his father, Joe E. Bedford, to Ida Belle Sanders Powell. We reverse the trial court judgment.

Elijah Sanders was married to Amanda Banks Sanders and they had three children, Harry Sanders, Ida Belle Sanders Powell, and Albert Sanders...

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