Pargoud v. Guice
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAR PROM THE COURT FOR PROBATES FOR THE PARISH OF OUACHITA. The plaintiff sues Guice as the administrator of the estate of Jeremiah Griffin, deceased, who died in January, 1832, claim'ng from said estate, the sum of one thousand fifty-four dollars and twenty-nine cents, with interest. The demand is made up of several notes and accounts alleged to be due and owing by the succession of Griffin, at the time it was opened.
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APPEAR PROM THE COURT FOR PROBATES FOR THE PARISH OF OUACHITA. The plaintiff sues Guice as the administrator of the estate of Jeremiah Griffin, deceased, who died in January, 1832, claim'ng from said estate, the sum of one thousand fifty-four dollars and twenty-nine cents, with interest. The demand is made up of several notes and accounts alleged to be due and owing by the succession of Griffin, at the time it was opened. He prays judgment, and that his demand may be paid out of the succession of Griffin, by the defendant, as administrator. The defendant denies that the estate owes the…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The defendant resisted the claim against the estate on the ground that the plaintiff was not a creditor of one thousand fifty-four dollars and twenty-nine cents, as he stated, but was a debtor of the deceased for four thousand six hundred sixty-nine dollars and fifty-five cents; and on these grounds the plaintiff had judgment, and the defendant appealed.
His counsel took two bills of exceptions in the court below; the one was to the court allowing the plaintiff’s books to be introduced for reference, by his clerk, who was offered as a witness to establish the items in plaintiff’s account; and…
2Cited by1 opinion
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