Succession of Levy
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Thomas C. W. Ellis, Judge. In the matter of the succession of Mathias Levy. Rule on the executors to show cause why they should not pay certain legacies. From an order dismissing the rule, the universal and particular legatees, plaintiffs in the rule, appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
The legatees of the late Mathias Levy oppose the tax collector’s demand for the inheritance tax.
The testator, Mathias Levy, died in the city of New Orleans on the 26th day of May of the year 1904, leaving a large estate. This property consisted of cash, and property reduced to cash, United States bonds, real estate, stocks in a foreign company, silverware, jewelry, and gold coins. He was unmarried, and left no ascendants.
His will was probated and execution thereof ordered on the 30th day of May, 1904. He bequeathed part of his property to special legatees, and the remainder to universal…
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