Succession of Viard

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

Peter B. Viard died leaving an adopted child, who is a minor, and a widow in community, who qualified as tutrix of this minor, she being a party to the act of adoption. An inventory was taken, and, afterwards, a family meeting was held. The family meeting advised that it would be to the interest of the minor to sell the property at private sale, under Act 25 of 1878, to effect a partition. The recommendations of this family meeting were homologated. The property was sold at private sale for a price in excess of the appraisement fixed upon it…