Felix v. Bruce

Citations

• 14 Teiss. 64
• 1916 La. App. LEXIS 125

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>A natural child acknowledged may inherit from his mother who has left no lawful descendants under the law and under her testament to the exclusion of all the lawful relations of the mother.</p> <p>An acknowledgment by a notarial testament is valid.</p> <p>A vendor cannot transfer greater rights than he had himself.</p> <p>The laws of registry do not apply to rights acquired by ' inheritance.</p> <p>The surviving husband is preferred to all the natural relations of his wife, including natural fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, and other collaterals with the exception only of her children.</p> <p>The uncle or aunt of an illegitimate person cannot inherit from him.</p> <p>The burden of proving marriage and legitimacy, when denied, rests with the party asserting rights arising from those relations.</p> <p>There is no presumption of marriage and legitimacy until it is established that the parents lived together as husband and wife, and held .themselves out as such, and were so - recognized in Society, and when their children are raised and educated and considered as their lawful offspring.</p>