Case Name: SUCCESSION OF Emelda Gracien MITCHELL
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1988-09-30
Citations: 531 So. 2d 259
Docket Number: No. 88-C-1441
Parties: SUCCESSION OF Emelda Gracien MITCHELL.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 531
Pages: 259–259

Head Matter:
SUCCESSION OF Emelda Gracien MITCHELL.
No. 88-C-1441.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Sept. 30, 1988.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 28, 1988.

Opinion:
In re Humphrey, Huey E. Ill — Other; Humphrey, Elizabeth — Other; Humphrey, Janice — Other; Humphrey, John — Other; Humphrey, June — Other; applying for writ of certiorari and/or review; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 88CA-8837; Parish of Orleans, Civil District Court, Div. "A", No. 84-15541.
Prior report: La.App., 524 So.2d 150.
Granted. The judgment of the Court of Appeal is reversed. The 1986 amendment to C.C. 1592 should have been applied. It was remedial legislation; see dissent in Evans v. Evans, 410 So.2d 729, 735 (La.1982). Case remanded to district court for further proceedings.