Succession of Dubreuil
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the Court of Probates of Iberville, Dutton, J, A succession may be released by prescription, like an individual. Troplong, Prescrip. No. 807. Merlin,Repert. verbo, Prescription. Ib.Questionsde Droit, Succession Vacante, § 2. Civ.
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Appeal from the Court of Probates of Iberville, Dutton, J, A succession may be released by prescription, like an individual. Troplong, Prescrip. No. 807. Merlin,Repert. verbo, Prescription. Ib.Questionsde Droit, Succession Vacante, § 2. Civ. Code, art. 3492. Durnford v. Clarke, 3 La. 201. Sainare v. McDonough’s Ex’r. 6 La. 357. And this, whether solvent or not, 3 La. 201. All the provisions of the Code relative to the administration of estates by curators, syndics, administrators, &c. contemplate necessarily .a suspension of prescrip-on. Civ. Code, arts. 1167, 1168, 1169, 1171 to 1176, 1042.…
1Opinion of the CourtMorphy, J.
Ámbroise C. Dubreuil died in the parish of Iber-ville, on the 15th of October, 1833. His widow was appointed administratrix of his estate, in February, 1834, but rendered an account of her administration only in November, 1844. It was opposed by three creditors, Henry R. Lee & Co., R. P. Gaillard, and R. P. Gaillard & Co., on various grounds, charging the accountant with gross neglect and unfaithfulness in having disposed of, or failed to account for, upwards of ten thousand dollars worth of property belonging to the estate. The notes of the deceased held by Lee & Co., and R. P. Gaillard,…
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