Succession of Sterry
Supreme Court of Louisiana
A PPEAL from tlie Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Tissot, J. 1. Judgment recognizing heirs as entitled to a succession and putting them in possession thereof, closes and terminates the succession, and the rights and obligations thereof are thereby transferred to the heirs.
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A PPEAL from tlie Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Tissot, J. 1. Judgment recognizing heirs as entitled to a succession and putting them in possession thereof, closes and terminates the succession, and the rights and obligations thereof are thereby transferred to the heirs. C. P. 1000 et seq.; 24 Ann. 114; 25 Ann. 56, 220; 28 Ann. 372; 30 Ann. 93,140; 31 Ann. 506; 33 Ann. 827. 2. The account rendered by the executor to the heirs under the judgment putting them in possession of the'estate, is not subject to opposition by pretended creditors of the estate. Such account; is not…
1Opinion of the Court
*855The-opinion of the Court was delivered by
Bermudez, C. J.
The opponent prays to be placed on the account rendered by the executor, under a judgment of court, to the heirs of the deceased.
His claim is for services rendered that functionary in a suit brought against-bim and the heirs, by one alleging herself to be the widow in community of the deceased.
Exceptions were filed to his opposition, resting mainly on two grounds:
1. ' Want of jurisdiction in the court.
2. lies judicata.
The exceptions were overruled, but with a reserve to urge them on the merits.
After trial, the court sustained the…
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