Forstall v. Forstall

*214The facts are stated in the opinion of the court, delivered by

Martin, J.

The plaintiff, father of the defendants, being desirous to put an end to the community of goods which had existed between him and their mother, and had continued since her death between him and them, applied to the Court of Probates of the parish and city of New-Orleans. His wife having died in that city before the promulgation of the new code, one of the sons declined the jurisdiction of that court, contending that although if the proceedings had been commenced immediately after his mother’s death or at any time before…