Desormes' Heirs v. Desormes' Syndic
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the court of prohates for the parish of Pointe Ooupéo. This case was before this court at March term, 1840, and remanded to inquire into the heirship and authority of Paulin and Laurent Desormes, to appear in the suit for the settlement of the succession of their deceased father Jean Baptiste Desormes. See 15 La.
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Appeal from the court of prohates for the parish of Pointe Ooupéo. This case was before this court at March term, 1840, and remanded to inquire into the heirship and authority of Paulin and Laurent Desormes, to appear in the suit for the settlement of the succession of their deceased father Jean Baptiste Desormes. See 15 La. Rep. 16. On the return of the ease to the court of probates, these parties, to wit, Paulin and Laurent Desormes, -appeared and expressed their readiness to prove that they were the legitimate, children and sole heirs of J. B. Desormes, deceased, and toot a rule ou B.…
1Opinion of the CourtGarland, J.
From the pleadings in this case, such evidence as is in the record and the points filed by the parties, we are enabled to learn generally, that Jean Baptiste Desormes died in the month of March, 1833, leaving a widow and two minor children to inherit a succession, which at the time was considered insolvent. The widow renounced all interest in the community, reserving her dotal and paraphernal claims, and as the .tutrix of her minor children made [114] an entire renunciation of the succession. A meeting of the creditors, it is said, was held, and Benjamin Poydras de Lalande and Guy Richard…
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