Legal Opinion
Succession of Townsend
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 15, 1884No. 9031PublishedCited by 3 opinions
APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. J.
1Opinion of the Court
On Motion to Dismiss.
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Fenner, J.
The Public Administrator caused the succession of deceased to he opened and made application in due form of law for administration thereof. Subsequently, Troisville Sykes presented a *536will naming him as testamentary executor and prayed for recognition and confirmation as such. To this application the Public Administrator filed an opposition, asserting grounds of disqualification of Sykes, reiterating his own claim to be appointed dative executor, and ending with the prayer that Sykes’ application be rejected and that he be…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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3Cited by3 opinions
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