Succession of Milmo
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Iberia. Voorhies, J. Bernard Milmo died April 1, 1891, leaving as issue with his predeceased wife four minor children, Baxter Milmo, Walter Milmo, Gertrude Milmo and Bernard Milmo. He made a last will and testament, appointing John P. Baxter, of Manistee, Michigan, a maternal "uncle of the minors, testamentary executor and tutor of the minors.
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APPEAL from the Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Iberia. Voorhies, J. Bernard Milmo died April 1, 1891, leaving as issue with his predeceased wife four minor children, Baxter Milmo, Walter Milmo, Gertrude Milmo and Bernard Milmo. He made a last will and testament, appointing John P. Baxter, of Manistee, Michigan, a maternal "uncle of the minors, testamentary executor and tutor of the minors. Baxter accepted the trusts and at once came to Louisiana to qualiiy and perform the duties thereof. During the early part of 1894, he was removed from the tutorship, principally for having…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Nicholls, O. J.
Counsel of the executor in their brief direct our attention first to the opposition made to the items Nos. 131-198 and 252, amounts paid for pew rent in the Jeanerette Church. The District Judge rejected the opposition to item No. 131, inasmuch as the amount paid under the voucher was for pew rent contracted for by Milmo himself, but he sustained the opposition to the other two items; holding .that the rent was due by Baxter individually.
During the period for which rent is claimed the children, with the •exception of Baxter Milmo, were…
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