Legal Opinion

Succession of Story

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 15, 1848PublishedCited by 14 opinions

APPEAL from the Fourth District Court of New Orleans, Strawbridge, J. contended that an administrator should be appointed, citing Civil Code, arts. 1030 to 1041, 1045, 1046, 1049, 1051. C. P. 974, 976. Picon, v. Dussuau, 4 Rob. 413. Self v. Morris, 7 Rob. 25.

1Opinion of the Court

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Edsxis, C. J.

On the 25th of December last, Benjamin Story died in the .city of New Orleans, andón the 31st of that mouth Henry Clement Story, the eldest son, applied to the Fourth District Court of New Orleans for the .administration of his succession, without alleging any reason other than that he was desirous of obtaining letters of administration, the deceased having left property. The petition charges that the wife of the deceased had been for .some time dead, and that the issue of the marriage was himself, Sidney Story, and Mrs. Mackie, who are…

2Cited by14 opinions

  1. Buillard v. DavisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1936
  2. Nickel v. VogelSupreme Court of Kansas · 1907
  3. Dorsey v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1933
  4. Deshotels v. LafleurSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
  5. Keith v. LeeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1930

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