Leitz Eagan Funeral Home, Inc. v. Ridgley

WESTERFIELD, Judge.

This is a suit by Leitz Eagan Funeral Home, Inc., Dr. Joseph W. Cirino and Mrs. McTague, three creditors of the Succession of Margaret Ridgley, against John Edward Ridgley, the Universal Legatee, who had been placed in possession of the entire succession upon his assumption of the debts, pursuant to the provisions of Article 1056 of the Revised Civil Code.

Margaret Ridgley died in the City of New Orleans on February 12, 1936. Her succession was duly opened in the Civil District Court under the docket No. 223,043. John Edward Ridgley qualified as executor and on September 7,…