Legal Opinion
In re McPherson's Estate
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 15, 1911No. 18,486PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry; B. H. Pavy, Judge. In the matter of the estate of Virginia B. McPherson. Lewis & Lewis filed an opposition to the final account filed by the executors. Prom a judgment overruling the opposition, they appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
In their opposition, opponents allege:
“That the last will and testament of the said Virginia B. McPherson contained a provision that the plantation of the deceased, which composed almost the entire estate, required the executors to sell the same to one of the heirs in the family at not less than $40 per acre, and that said testament also contained directions as to the amounts to be collated respectively by Ella M. Smith, Mrs. Virginia Casse, Chapman Smith, Clarence Smith, Virginia Prescott, Lizzie Smith, and Mrs. Casse for Martial Casse.
“They further represent that the provision requiring the…
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