Heirs of Wells v. Heirs of Cuny
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PROBATES FOR THE PARISH OF RAPIDES. This is an action by the heirs of the late Levi Wells against the heirs of the late Richmond E. Cuney, who was the principal acting and joint executor of Wells’s estate, and tutor to the minor heirs, to compel a settlement of the administration of their ancestor’s estate. There were two other persons appointed executors with Cuny.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PROBATES FOR THE PARISH OF RAPIDES. This is an action by the heirs of the late Levi Wells against the heirs of the late Richmond E. Cuney, who was the principal acting and joint executor of Wells’s estate, and tutor to the minor heirs, to compel a settlement of the administration of their ancestor’s estate. There were two other persons appointed executors with Cuny. But the latter administered the estate, and also attended to the interests of the minor heirs. The plaintiffs pray for judgement against the heirs and legal representatives of Cuny, for such balance as may…
1Opinion of the CourtPorter, J.
The ancestor of the defendants was appointed by the father of the plaintiffs jointly, with two other persons, executors of *492his last will and testament, and tutor to his then minor chib dren. He assumed, in conformity to the appointment, both these offices, and continued in the discharge of the latter, until several of the plaintiffs came of age, but died before he rendered them an account of his administration.
This action is brought to compel his heirs and one of the executors, to render an account. It is somewhat difficult to say, whether the suit against the defendant is for their…
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