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In re Coreil's Estate

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 10, 1915No. 21189PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Evangeline; B. H. Pavy, Judge. In the matter of the Estate of L. Marius Coreil. Application of Amelie Yidrine, surviving widow in community, to be put in possession of one half of the estate as owner and as usufructuary of the other half inherited by her children. Judgment for petitioner, and from the latter half of the judgment the tax collector appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.

L. Marius Coreil died intestate, leaving a widow in community, three major heirs, and an éstate in Evangeline parish. The widow and heirs did not apply for an administration of the succession during the next six months following the death of the deceased, and the tax collector' proceeded under section 11 of Act No. 109, 1906, p. 175, and instituted a search for the will of the deceased. Not finding one, he, the tax collector, under section 13 of the same act, ruled the three heirs of the de*703ceased into court to compel them to make and file a detailed descriptive' list of the property left by…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Plummer v. ColerSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  2. Succession of MarsalSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
  3. Succession of LevySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
  4. Succession of MaySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
  5. Foreman v. FontenotSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1913

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Bonvillain v. RichaudSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
  2. Blum v. AllenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
  3. Catlett v. CatlettLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1957

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