Young v. Chaney
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PROBATES FOR THE PARISH OF WEST FELICIANA. This was an action by the widow and tutrix of her minor children, to compel the executor of her deceased husband, to render his account and surrender the estate. The executor filed his account, and charged the estate (in addition to the two and a half per cent., allowed by law) ten per cent, upon the revenue.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PROBATES FOR THE PARISH OF WEST FELICIANA. This was an action by the widow and tutrix of her minor children, to compel the executor of her deceased husband, to render his account and surrender the estate. The executor filed his account, and charged the estate (in addition to the two and a half per cent., allowed by law) ten per cent, upon the revenue. This item was opposed by the plaintiff, who in making the objection, claimed damages from the executor, for waste and injury to the succession. The court a qua reduced the charge of ten per cent, on the revenue, to two…
1Opinion of the CourtMalhews, J.
In this case, the tutrix on behalf of her children, claims the succession of her deceased husband, to be given up to her, and that the executor (who in that capacity, had managed the estate for several years) should be compelled to render an account of his management. This account was -rendered, and after receiving corrections by the judge of probates, a balance was decreed in favor of the defendant, for the sum of six hundred and fifty-four dollars and thirty cents, from which the plaintiff appealed.
In the course of the trial, in the court below, damages were claimed against the executor, on…
2Cited by1 opinion
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