Robouam's Heirs v. Robouam's
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PROBATES FOR THE PARISH OF NEW-C LEANS. This case comes before this court on an opposition made by the plaintiffs, as heirs of Frarxjois Robouam, deceased, to the account rendered by Jacques Lafort, his testamentary executor.
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Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PROBATES FOR THE PARISH OF NEW-C LEANS. This case comes before this court on an opposition made by the plaintiffs, as heirs of Frarxjois Robouam, deceased, to the account rendered by Jacques Lafort, his testamentary executor. The succession amounted to twenty-three thousand two hundred and ninety-five dollars.' The plaintiffs oppose the allowance of fifteen hundred dollars to the attorney of the executor, and of seven hundred and fifty dollars to the attorney appointed to absent heirs. The first item is opposed as excessive, and the second in toto…
1Opinion of the Court
•Martin, J.,
delivered tbe opinion of the court.
The defendant is appellant from a judgment which reduces his commission as executor of the plaintiff’s ancestor, and a charge which he made for the services rendered by a notary to the estate. \
The plaintiffs and appellees seek the amendment of the judgment, so as to have their opposition to several items in the executor’s account sustained.
I. The commission was reduced on the suggestion of the plaintiffs, that “no commission should he allowed upon the appraised value of the property unsold, nor for the amount of debts not collected.” The court,…
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