Casanova's Heirs v. Acosta
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the court of probates for the parish and city of New-Orleans. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendant Acosta, who is their mother and tutrix, made a fraudulent inventory of the property belonging to the succession of their father. That a house and lot at the corner of Dauphine and Ursuline-streets was inserted in it as community property. That she concealed other effects, and that the property inventoried was appraised below its value.
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Appeal from the court of probates for the parish and city of New-Orleans. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendant Acosta, who is their mother and tutrix, made a fraudulent inventory of the property belonging to the succession of their father. That a house and lot at the corner of Dauphine and Ursuline-streets was inserted in it as community property. That she concealed other effects, and that the property inventoried was appraised below its value. By the advice of a family meeting, the community property was adjudicated to the mother at the price of estimation, and she after-wards sold…
1Opinion of the CourtPorter, J.
This action is brought to annul and set aside the proceedings had in the court of probates in relation to the succession of the plaintiffs’ father. They allege that their mother, who was their tutrix, made a false and fraudulent inventory of the property: that a house and lot was inserted in it as community property, when in truth it belonged to the husband: and that the other property was appraised below its real value.
Since the opening of the succession, three slaves, making a part thereof, have been sold *183by the tutrix to one Aregno. By the petition he is made a party to this suit, and the…
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