Bonneau v. Poydras
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the District Court of Pointe Coupée, Nicholls, J. Magdelaine Michelle Bonneau, a married woman, separated from bed and board, and in property, residing in Nantes, in France, represents that she is a niece and one of the heirs of Julien Poy-dras, who died in this state, in 1824, leaving a will by which he gave the residue of his estate, after the payment of certain legacies, to his nephews and neices.
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Appeal from the District Court of Pointe Coupée, Nicholls, J. Magdelaine Michelle Bonneau, a married woman, separated from bed and board, and in property, residing in Nantes, in France, represents that she is a niece and one of the heirs of Julien Poy-dras, who died in this state, in 1824, leaving a will by which he gave the residue of his estate, after the payment of certain legacies, to his nephews and neices. That the succession consisted of real and personal property in this state, and in New York. That the executors had sold a greater part of the estate. That from an account of their…
1Opinion of the CourtSimoN, J.
This case, which, by a decision reported in 13 La. 177, was remanded for a new trial, for the purpose of enabling both parties to make proof of the various authorizations under which they claim, comes back to us in such a shape as to permit us to give a final opinion on their respective rights, and on the different points of law presented by the pleadings. We shall, however, proceed to consider them on the merits, without any reference to the former decision of this court, which, being apparently predicated on the assumption that the laws of France had been regularly proven, seems to have had…
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