Bishop v. Lalouette's Heirs
Supreme Court of Alabama
Statutory Iieal Action, Appeal from Baldwin Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. H. T. Toulmin. This was a statutory real action, in tbe nature of an action of ejectment, brought by Rene Louis, Máxime Adrien, and Marie Octave Lalouette, and Gabrielle Morin, wife of Edward Morin, and Ann Delphine Ohaudon, wife of Claude Felix Chaudon, as the heirs of Antoine P. Lalouette, deceased, against Wm.
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Statutory Iieal Action, Appeal from Baldwin Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. H. T. Toulmin. This was a statutory real action, in tbe nature of an action of ejectment, brought by Rene Louis, Máxime Adrien, and Marie Octave Lalouette, and Gabrielle Morin, wife of Edward Morin, and Ann Delphine Ohaudon, wife of Claude Felix Chaudon, as the heirs of Antoine P. Lalouette, deceased, against Wm. Bishop, W. A. Lipscomb, G. W. Lantern, and A. C. Styron, to recover certain lands situated in Baldwin county, Alabama. On the trial, the plaintiffs offered in evidence the record of the Probate Court of…
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
— The Code of 1852 (§ 1667) conferred on courts of probate authority to grant letters of administration within their respective counties, among other contingencies, “ where the intestate, not being an inhabitant of the State, dies out of the county, leaving assets therein ” — the same provision occurring in section 2349 of the present Code (1876). The word “ assets,” as here used, includes both real and personal assets, and, therefore, comprehends land or real estate, according to its ordinary signification. 1 Bouv. Law Die. title Assets. Such property was and is expressly charged, by…
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