Succession of Dumestre
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans. VoorMes, J. I. A purchaser at a probate sale, which is a judicial sale, is not bound to look beyond the decree and tlie jurisdiction of the court. Hennen's Digest, p. 1494. II.
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APPEAL from the Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans. VoorMes, J. I. A purchaser at a probate sale, which is a judicial sale, is not bound to look beyond the decree and tlie jurisdiction of the court. Hennen's Digest, p. 1494. II. A valid and indefeasible title is given by a sale ordered by a competent court on the petition of a tutor administering a succession, acting under the advice and direction of a family meeting, the object of the sale being to pay the debts of the succession. The major heirs, who are also creditors of the deceased, joining in the petition for a sale. Nesom vs,…
1Dissent
Dissenting: Opinion.
Fenner, J.
The decedent, Mrs. Dumestre, left, as her sole heirs, ten children, two of whom were majors and the other eight minors.
Arthur Grastinel having been recommended by a family meeting as dative tutor of the. minors, presented a petition praying for an inventory of all the property of said minors, which was ordered accordingly.
Their property consisted exclusively of their interest in the estate of their deceased mother, and the inventory embraced all the property of said deceased.
After filing and homologation of the inventory, GUstinel was duly appointed and qualified…
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