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SUCCESSION OF DUKE

No. 44,377-CA.

16 So.3d 459 (2009)

SUCCESSION OF Robert Edward DUKE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

July 1, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dunahoe Law Firm, by Jared Dunahoe, Natchitoches, for Appellant, Robert Duke, Jr.

Bethard & Bethard, L.L.P., by Robert Edgerton Bethard, Coushatta, for Appellants, Succession of Robert, Edward Duke and Helen Duke, Executrix.

Before BROWN, DREW and MOORE, JJ.

DREW, J.

Robert Duke, Sr. ("Senior") and Dorothy Duke married on October 25, 1945, in Louisiana. Robert Duke, Jr. ("Junior") was the only child born of the marriage. During their marriage and while domiciled in Louisiana, Senior and Dorothy acquired 380 acres of land located in Arkansas: 320 acres were acquired in 1955, and 60 acres were acquired in 1963.

Dorothy Duke died intestate on May 12, 2000. Senior received the La. C.C. art. 890 legal usufruct over...

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