Montreuil v. Pierre
Supreme Court of Louisiana
ArPEAI. non THE COURT OF PROBATES FOR TIIE PARISH AND CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS. This suit was instituted by Bazile Montreuil alias Bazile Dédé and Charlotte his wife, and Jeanne Dédé, f. p. c., to •recover the estate of one Francois Montreuil alias Louis Dédé.
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ArPEAI. non THE COURT OF PROBATES FOR TIIE PARISH AND CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS. This suit was instituted by Bazile Montreuil alias Bazile Dédé and Charlotte his wife, and Jeanne Dédé, f. p. c., to •recover the estate of one Francois Montreuil alias Louis Dédé. They allege that they are the only ligitimate brother and sister of the deceased Louis Dédé, but that one Charles Pierre, a negro, claims the estate,, in virtue of a nuncupative will, purporting to have been made the 13th of April, 1834, in which he, the said Pierre, is instituted sole and universal heir and legatee, and testamentary…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
The first of these actions was instituted by the heirs at law of one Francois Montreuil, f. m. c., to cause to be declared null and void his testament, by which the original defendant, Charles Pierre, a man of color, was instituted his heir, and appointed executor, on the grounds: 1st. That one of the witnesses was not a resident in the parish, when the testament was made; and 2d. That the instituted heir was a slave, and consequently, under a legal incapacity to take by will. The defendant put in an answer, maintaining the validity of the testament on both grounds, and especially alleging…
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