State ex rel. Evans v. Theard
Supreme Court of Louisiana
QN APPLICATION for Writ of Mandamus. Relatrix, the administratrix of the succession of Mrs. Kate Clark Steers, alleges that Mrs. Steers, who was the wife of Schuyler B. Steers, died on the 1st of June, 1888; that her husband died on the 13th December, 1889. That his succession was opened in the Ci’fil District Court for the parish of Orleans, and is now being administered therein, and also in the Surrogate’s Court in Otsego county, in the State of New York; that a community…
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QN APPLICATION for Writ of Mandamus. Relatrix, the administratrix of the succession of Mrs. Kate Clark Steers, alleges that Mrs. Steers, who was the wife of Schuyler B. Steers, died on the 1st of June, 1888; that her husband died on the 13th December, 1889. That his succession was opened in the Ci’fil District Court for the parish of Orleans, and is now being administered therein, and also in the Surrogate’s Court in Otsego county, in the State of New York; that a community of acquets and gains existed between said Steers and his wife; that at the time of her death he was possessed of a large…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Nicholls, C. J.
An examination of the decree of this court will1 show that the relatrix had resorted in the District Oourt to a double-*929proceeding, both inside of the succession proceedings. Saville, the executor, had filed a provisional account of his administration, ■showing certain amounts received and certain amounts disbursed by him. To this account, relatrix filed an opposition, alleging that the executor had failed to account for rents and revenues derived from real estate belonging to said succession and for the share of Schuyler B. Steers in the…
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- State v. . GardnerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1889
- Field v. MathisonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1842
- Succession of de ArmasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1842