Case Name: Heirs of McCall v. Elizabeth McCall
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1860-07
Citations: 15 La. Ann. 527
Docket Number: 
Parties: Heirs of McCall v. Elizabeth McCall.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 15
Pages: 527–527

Head Matter:
Heirs of McCall v. Elizabeth McCall.
Decision in the caso of Stewart v. Stewart et al.. 13th An. 398, reaffirmed to the effect that, under tho Act of 1852, entitled “ An Act to provide a homestead for tho widow and childron of deceased persons,” if tho widow and children had collectively tlio sum. of $1000 ; belonging to all ov either of them, nothing could be withdrawn from tho estate, oven should it happen that the widow cr one minor heir was in necessitous circumstances and did not possess $1000.
APPEAL from the District Court of the Parish of Caddo, Jones, J.
Weems & Heath, for plaintiffs.
L. M. Nutt, for defendant and appellant.

Opinion:
Vookhies, J.
It is conceded by appellant's counsel, that the judgment of the District Court in this cause is in accordance with the ruling in the case of Stewart v. Stewart et als., 13 An. 398.
That case involved the construction of a statute of the State approved March 17th, 1852, entitled "An Act to provide a homestead for the widow and children of deceased persons." Sess. Acts, p. 171. It was decided that, if the widow and children had collectively the sum of $1000 belonging to all or either of them, nothing could be withdrawn from the estate, even should it happen that the widow, or one minor heir, was in necessitous circumstances, and did not possess $1000. Upon that occasion, we stated that there was much obscurity in the statute; but that we could not come to any other conclusion.
We sec no reason why this decision should be disturbed.
Judgment affirmed.