SUCCESSION OF SMITH

No. 86-437.

505 So.2d 966 (1987)

SUCCESSION OF Rollie Ray SMITH.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Reichman of Gist, Methvin, Hughes & Munsterman, Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellant.

John C. Ford, Leesville, for defendant-appellee.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, H. Alston Johnson, II, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Before FORET, DOUCET and KNOLL, JJ.


FORET, Judge.

Decedent's widow, Audrey McInnis Smith, appeals a judgment sustaining an exception of prescription on the ground that the claim for the marital portion was untimely made according to C.C. Art. 2436.

FACTS

Rollie Ray Smith died intestate on May 29, 1982. He was survived by his spouse, Audrey McInnis Smith (plaintiff herein) and by his siblings and their descendants. Assets of the Smith estate include some seventy-six acres and several...

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