Succession of Boyd v. Adams

HALL, Judge.

This is a suit for collation instituted by plaintiff, Autrest Boyd Hodges, against her sister, Louise Boyd Adams, defendant herein. Plaintiff sought to invoke the provisions of LSA-Civil Code Article 1248 to compel defendant to collate the value of 20 acres of land defendant had purchased from her mother for $140 (i. e. $7 per acre) in 1949. The mother, Mrs. Mary Cason Boyd, died in August, 1969.

Plaintiff was originally the administra-trix of her mother’s succession, but had to resign for health reasons after this suit was filed. Jessie Eugene Hodges was then appointed…