J. W. Burbbridge & Co. v. Chinn
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Twenty-third Judicial District Court, Parish of West Baton Rouge. Cole, J. The maxim of Ic mart saisit U vij\ is so inlerwoven with the principles established in our Civil Code on the subject of succession, and so well recognized in our jurisprudence that a mere reference to tho law is all that is required. II.
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APPEAL from the Twenty-third Judicial District Court, Parish of West Baton Rouge. Cole, J. The maxim of Ic mart saisit U vij\ is so inlerwoven with the principles established in our Civil Code on the subject of succession, and so well recognized in our jurisprudence that a mere reference to tho law is all that is required. II. ('. C. 871, 872, 873, 874, 880, 884, 940, 941, 942, 943. The heir is authorized to institute all the actions, even possessory ones, which tho doceascd had a right to institute, aud to prosecute those already commenced; for the licir, in everything, represents the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Levy, J.
This is an action to revive a judgment rendered on the 23d of April, 1873, in favor of the plaintiffs, J. W. Burbridge & Co. vs. the Succession of W. W. Lemmon, deceased, then represented by Mrs. Elizabeth Chinn, tutrix; the said tutrix has died since the rendition of the judgment, and there lias been no subsequent administration of the succession, either by an administrator or tutor. On the 11th of April, 1881, this suit was instituted, and service of petition and citation made on W. W. Lemmon and Mary J. Lemmon, the children and major heirs…
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