MECOM v. MUELLER

No. 4091.

235 So.2d 597 (1970)

Mary Elizabeth WITHERS, wife of John W. MECOM, Sr. v. G. A. MUELLER, Robert E. Lee Building Corporation, and Four M Properties, Ltd., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 1, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williams & Klein, D'Alton Williams, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Sumter D. Marks, Jr., Charles M. Lanier, Samuel Lang, New Orleans, for intervenor.

Vinson, Elkins, Searls & Connally, W. R. Smith, Houston, Tex., Liskow & Lewis, Austin W. Lewis, William M. Meyers, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Matthews & Schumacher, Harry B. Kelleher, Carl J. Schumacher, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before CHASEZ, REDMANN and LeSUEUR, JJ.


LeSUEUR, Judge.

Plaintiff and her husband, John W. Mecom, Sr., settled the Mecom Trust in 1948 in favor of their three children as sole beneficiaries. Each of these children is a defendant in this suit.

The defendant, Robert E. Lee Building Corporation, is a trust management and financial vehicle created by the Mecom trustee and authorized by the trust instrument. At the outset, this corporation was wholly owned by the trust. Ownership remained in the trust...

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