Estate of Routon
Supreme Court of Louisiana
XX PPEAL from the District Court of the parish of Catahoula, Barry, J.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanas, J.
John and Martha Bouton died in 1850, leaving five children surviving, and grandchildren, issue of two children deceased. Talbot A. Bouton, one of the children, qualified as administrator, and in the same year brought a suit for partition of the slaves belonging to the estate, upon which a judgment was rendered in December, 1850. In 1854, Robert J. Riant, guardian of William H. Bouton, grandchild and one of the heirs of John and Martha. Bouton presented his petition, calling upon the administrator to file an account of his administration, which he has done. The account filed charges the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Paxton v. CobbSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1831
3Cited by1 opinion
- Cornish v. ChaneySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1933