Withers's Heirs v. His Executors
Supreme Court of Louisiana
AITEAL FROM THE COURT OF rROBATES FOR THE FARISH AND CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS. By a judgment of the Court of Probates, the executors of. Withers were directed to pay over to one of the heirs (a minor emancipated by marriage) her proportion in the testator’s estate, consisting of money and notes. From this judgment the executors appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
M. Gordon and Thomas S. Kennedy, two of the executors, are appellants of a judgment by which Margaret Withers, one of the heirs, has recovered, and the executors are directed to pay over to her and her husband, who is with her a party to the suit, a large sum in money and notes, being her share in the testator’s estate, although she and her husband be under *364age, while the account of Martin Gordon, one of said executors, who was her tutor, until her emancipation by marriage, shows a large, amount disbursed by said Gordon, who has a right to retain in his hands whatever balance may appear due…
2Cited by2 opinions
- In re GreerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
- Hanna v. SinclairSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919