IN RE SUCCESSION OF GRIGGS

No. 11-0172.

83 So.3d 86 (2011)

SUCCESSION OF Melba Mitchell GRIGGS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 1, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brandy McClure , Smith, Taliaferro & Purvis, Jonesville, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Francis Clyde Griggs.

Brent Stafford Gore , Attorney at Law, Ferriday, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Katheryne Belinda Hoover Tyson, Glennell Hoover Byrd, Rita Bolyer.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, OSWALD A. DECUIR, JIMMIE C. PETERS, J. DAVID PAINTER, and PHYLLIS M. KEATY, Judges.


PETERS, J.

Francis Clyde Griggs appeals a trial court judgment rendered against him in these succession proceedings finding him liable to the purported heirs of his deceased wife in the amount of $23,000.00. For the following reasons, we find that the purported heirs have no right or interest in instituting this suit and reverse the judgment.

DISCUSSION OF THE RECORD

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