Succession of Morgan
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Fred D. King, Judge. The administrator of the succession of Marie Louise Morgan, widow oi the late Charles A. Whitney, filed an account, in which he allowed and proposed to pay W. Morgan Gurley, a notary public, a certain fee for taking an inventory. Guriey opposed the account on the ground that the allowance was inadequate, and, his opposition having been dismissed, he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
On Opposition of W. M. Gurley to Account of Administrator.
LAND, J.
The administrator of the succession of Mrs. Whitney filed an account, in which he allowed and proposed to pay “W. Morgan Gurley, notary public, for inventory, $500.”
Mr. Gurley opposed the account on the ground that the allowance of $500 was wholly inadequate for the services rendered by him as notary in a succession involving approximately $1,500,000, and averred that a fair, reasonable, and just compensation for the services rendered was $2,250, and prayed that the account be amended by placing him thereon as a privileged…
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