Legal Opinion

Succession of Harris

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 15, 1887No. 9830PublishedCited by 8 opinions

APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Houston, J.

1Opinion of the Court

The, opinion of the, Court was delivered by

Fenner, J.

From' 1860 io 1869 three brothers, Alexander, Aaron and Levi J. Harris were members of a commercial partnership, engaged in the exchange and brokerage business, under the firm name of Alexander Harris. The firm was dissolved in 1869 by the death of the. two brothers, Alexander and Aaron Harris.

Alexander left a will appointing his widow and his brother, Levi J. Harris, testamentary executors, who qualified and fulfilled their trust *444and were duly discharged, after what was supposed to be a full settlement of the estate in 1870.

Subsequently,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Brant v. Virginia Coal & Iron Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1876

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Farley v. Frost-Johnson Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
  2. Tyler v. WaltSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1936
  3. Davis v. WelchSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
  4. Coleman v. Jones & PickettSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
  5. Succession of ValdezLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1950

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