Legal Opinion
Penton v. Carruth
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 26, 1954No. Nos. 41329, 41331PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCALEB, Justice.
Emery R. Moore died in the Republic of Cuba on June 30, 1952, leaving community property in the State of Louisiana of an approximate value of $40,000. By last will, he bequeathed all of his effects to his surviving spouse, Mrs. Joy Carruth Moore, naming her testamentary executrix of his estate which was opened and administered in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans.
When Mrs. Moore, the executrix, filed her final account, it was opposed by Louis Penton and John T. LeSueur, a nephew of the decedent, each alleging that the succession was indebted to him, in the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Lea v. Polk County Copper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1859
- Bodenheimer v. Executors of BodenheimerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1883
- Foscue v. MitchellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
- Succession of McBurneySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
- Cutler v. Successson of CollinsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1885
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3Cited by3 opinions
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