Gumpert v. Signal

ROGERS, Justice.

On March 2,1923, Solomon Signal, who was married to Mary Lazard, mortgaged for $463 a piece of real estate belonging to the matrimonial community. Signal died intestate on September 20, 1923, leaving his widow, Mary Lazard Signal, and six children, five of whom were minors. Mrs. Signal opened the succession of her deceased husband and qualified as natural tutrix of her minor children. The entire estate, consisting of community property, was appraised in the inventory at $1,300, and the minors’ general mortgage against their tutrix was recorded on that appraisement. On February…