Succession of Durnford

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Eustis, C. X.

This case was before the late Supreme Court, in June, 1845, and is reported in 11th Robinson’s Reports, page 183. It is brought before us by an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Probates of New Orleans taken by the curator, in which the appellees, the heirs of Durnford, have united, and both claim a reversal of the judgment.

I. The first question which we shall examine is that which relates to the force and effect of the decree of the late Supreme Court, made in June, 1845. It orders that the judgment appealed from be annulled and…