Eskridge v. Farrar
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL' from tlie Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish of Madison. Déloney, J. First — -Where a succession is accepted for minors nnder benefit of inventory by operation of law, and those minors, after mgov ty, take possession of tbe estate, assume the quality of heir in judicial proceedings, and mortgage its property for their own debts, they forfeit the benefit of invent >ry, and become heirs purely and simply..
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APPEAL' from tlie Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish of Madison. Déloney, J. First — -Where a succession is accepted for minors nnder benefit of inventory by operation of law, and those minors, after mgov ty, take possession of tbe estate, assume the quality of heir in judicial proceedings, and mortgage its property for their own debts, they forfeit the benefit of invent >ry, and become heirs purely and simply.. Sevier vs. Gordon, 29 A. 440. Second — An action to recover a legacy of money is barred only by the prescription of ten years. 13 A. 100. Tim'd — A notarial act of acceptance, by…
1Opinion of the Court
*714The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Todd, J.
These consolidated suits were instituted in the District Court of the Parish of Tensas, against the defendants, as universal legatees of John Perkins, Sr., deceased, to recover certain special legacies, devised in tire last will and testament of said deceased, to the plaintiffs in the two cases, respectively.
The clauses in saidlast will, relating to these legacies, are as follows :
“XIII. I do hereby give and bequeath to my relatives, Elizabeth Scott Eskridge and Mrs. Anna Buck, wife of Capt. J. H. Buck, the sum of $5,000 each, and also to Miss…
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