Succession of Reems
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. K. Skinner, Judge. Succession of Mrs. Eugene S. Reems. Disinherited children of testatrix filed an opposition to the account of executrices, and, from judgment in their favor, the executrices and the heirs appeal. Motion to dismiss appeal by executrices overruled, and motion to dismiss appeal by heirs sustained.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Two of the children of the decedent having been disinherited in her will, the executrices ignored them in the account presented by them to the court distributing the estate among the heirs, and these disinherited heirs filed an opposition to the account, contesting the validity of the disinherison. Judgment went in their favor, and the executrices appealed.
Motion is made to dismiss the appeal, on the ground that the executrices are without interest, and therefore without right, to appeal.
[1] The settled jurisprudence is that an executor may appeal from a judgment which disturbs the proper…
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