Succession of Herron
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Fifth Judicial District Court, parish of Ouachita. Richardson, J. First — An administration is unnecessary when there are no debts. Second — If such an estate is administered, and to its material injury, the administrator is liable personally for his acts of maladministration.
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APPEAL from the Fifth Judicial District Court, parish of Ouachita. Richardson, J. First — An administration is unnecessary when there are no debts. Second — If such an estate is administered, and to its material injury, the administrator is liable personally for his acts of maladministration. “Third — An administrator who forces a protracted administration of over sixteen years of an estate perfectly solvent and owing no debts, and who fails to file a single annual account of his gestión within that period, should be compelled to pay interest at ten per cent per Annum on sums in his hands,…
1Opinion of the Court
*836The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Todd, J.
Edward Herron died in Ouachita parish in January, 1863, leaving an estate appraised at 17611 25, of which $2811 25 was personal property, and a number of heirs, some of whom were minors.
Shortly after his death, David MeQuiller, a son-in-law of the deceased, was appointed administrator of his succession; and soon after his appointment caused to be sold, under an order of court, all the personal property belonging to the succession. The sale was for Confederate money. The shares of the heirs of age in this money was paid over to them by the…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Bracken v. PerotSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953