MATTER OF SUCCESSION OF COBB

No. 96 CA 1249.

710 So.2d 251 (1997)

In the Matter of the SUCCESSION OF Henry Earl COBB.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

October 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Lewis, Baton Rouge, for Defendant/Appellant Lillian Knight.

Johnnie A. Jones, Sr., Baton Rouge, for Plaintiff/Appellee Thelma M. Cobb.

Before LOTTINGER, C.J., WATKINS, SHORTESS, CARTER, LeBLANC, FOIL, GONZALES, WHIPPLE, FOGG, PARRO, KUHN and FITZSIMMONS, JJ., and TYSON, J. Pro Tem.


GONZALES, Judge.

The parties in this case rely upon conflicting First Circuit Court of Appeal cases to support their respective positions concerning the interpretation of La.C.C. art. 203. This court convened en banc to resolve the conflict.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY AND FACTS

Henry Earl Cobb died on June 28, 1992. He was survived by his wife, Thelma M. Cobb, and there were no children born of the marriage. Subsequently, his surviving spouse, Mrs...

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