Eikel v. Burton

COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

This suit was filed by John P. Bristow to recover $3,500.00 which he alleged he had loaned to the defendants. Bristow died pri- or to trial. Upon suggestion of such death being entered of record in open court, the trial court permitted the case to be prosecuted by Robert Eikel, the Testamentary Executor of the Succession of John P. Bris-tow, Deceased, under appointment by a court of the State of Louisiana. Judgment was entered in the trial court that the plaintiff take nothing. We reverse and remand.

It is settled that a foreign administrator cannot bring suit in the…