Barrett v. Chaler

The judgment of the. court was pronounced by

Kins, J.

This action was instituted to compel the defendant, as syndic of the succession of Maurin, to approve, and pay in the course of administration, the balance alleged'to be due upon two accounts-current. A privilege is also claimed for the entire balance due on the last crop of the deceased. A judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for the greater part of his demand, but rejecting the privilege claimed, and he has appealed.

It appears from the evidence that, in 1843, the plaintiff mnde large advances to the deceased in cash and…