Pironi v. Riley

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Bermudez, C. J.

This is a suit by a special legatee against an universal legatee, for the payment of her legacy.

The suit was allotted to Division E of the Civil District Court for the city of New Orleans. Exceptions were filed to the effect that, inasmuch as the action assailed the validity of certain proceedings in the mortuaria, Division E had no jurisdiction and that the case had to be allotted to the Division to which the succession proceedings had been allotted:

It appearing that the mortuaria had been allotted to Division C, and, considering the…