Succession of Commagère
Supreme Court of Louisiana
A PPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Lazarus, J. The spirit of our legislation is to lend every facility to examine into the conduct of administrators, and technical objections opposed to such investigation are entitled to little favor. 4 Ann. 123; 36 Ann. 416. A judgment homologating an account so far as not opposed will not bar a supplemental opposition, specifying the items opposed, when the first opposition, previous to judgment, opposed the…
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A PPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Lazarus, J. The spirit of our legislation is to lend every facility to examine into the conduct of administrators, and technical objections opposed to such investigation are entitled to little favor. 4 Ann. 123; 36 Ann. 416. A judgment homologating an account so far as not opposed will not bar a supplemental opposition, specifying the items opposed, when the first opposition, previous to judgment, opposed the items generally. 26 Ann. 610; 13 Ann. 113. A decree homologating an account so far as not opposed, without proof, is a…
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*834On Application for Rehearing.
Watkins, J.
Mrs. Althée Tomlinson and Mrs. Elvina Vigné, heirs of deceased, opponents and appellants, pray the amendment of the former judgment and decree of tills court sustaining the judgment of the court a qua dismissing their oppositions.
They claim that, on the final account opposed, there are no funds' to be distributed to creditors; and they make no opposition to any creditor’s claim. They claim that the account purports to dispose of the entire assets of the succession, leaving in favor of the executor a balance of $1737.07; and that a final judgment of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lang v. Their CreditorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1840