Estate of Hardy
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Eleventh Judicial District Court, Parish of St.. Landry. Perrault, J. The record shows that in October, 1890, James M. Dowlingwas qualified as administrator of the succession of Mary T. Hardy,. wife of Thomas O. Anderson.
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APPEAL from the Eleventh Judicial District Court, Parish of St.. Landry. Perrault, J. The record shows that in October, 1890, James M. Dowlingwas qualified as administrator of the succession of Mary T. Hardy,. wife of Thomas O. Anderson. That, for the purpose of qualifying as such, he furnished a bond for four hundred and sixty-four dollars, the only known property at that time being a small piece of land near the town of Opelousas, valued in the inventory at one hundred and twenty-seven dollars. That this tract, together with another-small tract in Acadia parish, which seems to have been…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Nicholls, C. J.
Article 1048 of the Civil Code says: “ The security to be given by every administrator thus named shall be one-fourth beyond the estimated value of the movables and immovables, and of the credits comprised in the inventory, exclusive of the bad debts. By bad debts are understood those which have been prescribed against and those debts due by bankrupts who have surrendered no property to be divided among their creditors.”
It is not pretended that this claim has been prescribed, or that the United States has gone into bankruptcy, and it…
2Cited by1 opinion
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