Webre v. Graugnard

Mrs. Marie J. Webre, a widow, died intestate, leaving six children and the children of a predeceased son as her sole heirs. The succession owed debts, including expenses of last illness and funeral expenses, amounting to $558.04. Among her effects there were certain negotiable bonds of the par value of $4,000. In order to avoid the expenses of an administration, one of the daughters. Miss Eugenie, who with another daughter and a brother were living with their mother at the time of her death, took these bonds to the .defendant and asked him to sell them, pay the debts, and distribute the net…