Succession of Ferguson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Third Judicial District Court, Parish of Claiborne; J. E. Reynolds,- Judge. Opposition by Mrs. Pattie Ferguson to the inventory prepared by C. O. Ferguson, as executor of Drew Ferguson, deceased, in which, after nonperformance of a judgment ordering a different inventory, the opponent filed a rule upon the executor and the heirs, on which the court ordered him to file an account, to which when filed the widow and W. H. Lethiew and others collateral heirs filed…
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Appeal from Third Judicial District Court, Parish of Claiborne; J. E. Reynolds,- Judge. Opposition by Mrs. Pattie Ferguson to the inventory prepared by C. O. Ferguson, as executor of Drew Ferguson, deceased, in which, after nonperformance of a judgment ordering a different inventory, the opponent filed a rule upon the executor and the heirs, on which the court ordered him to file an account, to which when filed the widow and W. H. Lethiew and others collateral heirs filed oppositions, and from the judgment ordering the reformation of the account all parties appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, C. J.
Decedent died on October 13, 1917, leaving neither ascendants nor descendants. He left a widow, Mrs. Pattie Ferguson; collateral relations; a separate estate, as well as his interest in the community of acquets which had existed between him and his wife for over twenty-one years; and a last will and testament. On the day following his death, C. O. Ferguson, his brother, and partner for many years in particular transactions, called upon the widow and assured her that he was her friend and would give her his assistance in the handling of her affairs, and, some…
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