Succession of Baily v. Becnel

The opinion of the court was delivered by

DeBlanc, J.

On the 13th of December 1877, George W. Baily — the-executor with seizin of the last will of R. H. Baily — filed in the second1 district Court for the parish of Orleans, in which the testator’s succession-is opened, a petition in which he alleges :

“ That since his appointment as executor, he has been administering this estate and making payments on account of the various legacies, as rapidly as was consistent with the best interest of the succession and of tlie legatees. That among the assets of this estate is an undivided interest in a…