Succession of Morris
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Porter Parker, Judge. In the matter of the succession of George J. Morris. The account of the executrix Mrs. Annie Mallory Morris' opposed. Opposition dismissed, and opponent appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
George J. Morris died on February 9, 1910, leaving an olographic will, instituting the three children by his first marriage as his sole heirs.
Mrs. De Poorter, one of the heirs, was confirmed as testamentary executrix, and caused an inventory of the property of the estate to be taken. Subsequently the executrix filed a final account of her administration.
This account was opposed by Mrs. Annie Mallory Morris, widow of the second marriage, who claimed the marital fourth of the estate, under article 2382 of the Civil Code.
This opposition was tried and dismissed in the court below, and the…
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