State v. Bermudez
Supreme Court of Louisiana
ON AN APPLICATION POR A MANDAMUS. This case comes before the court on an application for a mandamus to the judge of probates for the parish and city of New-Orleans, commanding him to order the execution and registry of the will of Robert Wardlaw Ramsay, deceased, late a resident of Great Britain, which was made and duly authenticated and admitted to probate in that country.
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ON AN APPLICATION POR A MANDAMUS. This case comes before the court on an application for a mandamus to the judge of probates for the parish and city of New-Orleans, commanding him to order the execution and registry of the will of Robert Wardlaw Ramsay, deceased, late a resident of Great Britain, which was made and duly authenticated and admitted to probate in that country. Ambrose Lanfear, resident in New-Orleans, appeared and made affidavit that he was the attorney in fact of Messrs. John Wardlaw, Alexander Pringle, and John Smith Cunningham, all residents of Great Britain, and in their…
1Opinion of the CourtEustis, J.
In this case we granted a rule on the, judge of the Court of Probates, to show cause why he should not grant an order for the registry and execution of the will of the deceased, as provided in articles 1681 and 1682 of the code.
It is stated, in the petition, that the will was made in England, and has been admitted to probate there; that a copy duly authenticated of the will and probate thereof, has been presented to the judge of the court of probates by the *224petitioners, who are the testamentary executors, with a prayer for an order for the execution and registry of the will.
They allege, that…
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