Girod's Heirs & Legatees v. Girod's Executors
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PROBATES FOR THE PARISH AND CITY OP NEW ORLEANS. This case comes up on an appeal from an order of the Judge of Probates, appointing dative testamentary executors to the last will and testament of Nicolas Girod, deceased.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PROBATES FOR THE PARISH AND CITY OP NEW ORLEANS. This case comes up on an appeal from an order of the Judge of Probates, appointing dative testamentary executors to the last will and testament of Nicolas Girod, deceased. Jean Francois Girod, a near relation and heir at law of the deceased, presented his petition, alleging that an olographic will had been found and would he offered for probate and he made executory, hut that there was no.testamerítary executor named therein. He prayed to he allowed the preference as a near relation and heir, and to be appointed the…
1Opinion of the CourtSimon, J.
Nicolas Girod, one of the oldest and wealthiest inhabitants of the city of New Orleans, died on the first of September, 1840; his succession was supposed to he intestate, and accordingly two of his nearest relations and heirs were appointed the curators thereof. Some short time afterwards, an olographic testament was found, dated the 23d of December, 1837, to which were annexed a certain number of Pons, or written obligations in favor of the persons whom he had named in his will as his particular legatees for the several sums therein mentioned,' amounting altogether to $710,000; hut the…
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