Legal Opinion

Succession of De Witt

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided March 22, 1960No. 9180PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GLADNEY, Judge.

This appeal was lodged by Floyd Alvin DeWitt, testamentary executor of the succession of his mother, Ivis Scott DeWitt, who died at her domicile in Shreveport, Louisiana, on March 5, 1959. Appellant seeks review of a judgment maintaining an opposition by Mable DeWitt Phillips to his-final account and tableau of distribution with allowance of a fee of $200 to the attorney of the opponent to be paid from the mass of the succession. The sole question presented for our determination is whether the fee was properly allowed.

*670The estate of the succession consisted of the home of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Succession of KernanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
  2. Succession of GuichardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
  3. Succession of RussellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
  4. Succession of RosenbrockSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1932

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Louisiana State Mineral Board v. AbadieLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1964
  2. Louisiana State Mineral Board v. AlbaradoLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1965

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