Succession of Bourgeois
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Nineteenth District Court for the Parish of Terrebonne. A lien, J. The rule is that when some of the heirs are beneficiary, and there are debts, and the creditors or heirs of age demand an administration, it should be ordered* 80 An. 807, Succession of Olar..; 30 An. 93, and authorities cited therein.
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APPEAL from the Nineteenth District Court for the Parish of Terrebonne. A lien, J. The rule is that when some of the heirs are beneficiary, and there are debts, and the creditors or heirs of age demand an administration, it should be ordered* 80 An. 807, Succession of Olar..; 30 An. 93, and authorities cited therein. Natural tutors of minor children may, as such, take possession of and administer the estate of the deceased parents of such children, unless and until creditors, or heirs of age demand the appointment of an administrator. 30 An. 389, Blake vs. The Minors Kerney and Lake; 14 An.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
HcEnery, J.
Oaliste Bourgeois died in the parish of Terrebonne, "20th day of February, 1889. He left property estimated at more than $2000, and a surviving widow and several minor children. The property was community property. The widow qualified as tutrix of her minor children, took possession of the community property, and as tutrix administered the same.
Francois Bourgeois, the father of the deceased Caliste Bourgeois, some eight months after the widow had qualified as natural tutrix, alleging himself to be a creditor of the succession for a large…
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