Byrne v. Succession of Byrne

PONDER, Justice.

The plaintiffs have appealed from a judgment sustaining an exception of no cause of action and dismissing their suit.

It appears from the petition that Mrs. Ellen McGeary, widow of Charles Byrne, died intestate on June 25, 1924, leaving as her only heirs her children, James T., Charles A. and Mary Byrne. Her succession was opened and an inventory was taken and homologated on the petition of 'Mary Byrne. Shortly thereafter, the heirs were sent into possession of the property inventoried in the succession upon their joint petition and the debts of the succession were paid by them…