Succession of Levy
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Eleventh Judicial District Court for the Parish of St. Landry. Perrault, J. This case was before the court upon the following agreed statement of facts: “ Alphonse Levy died in St. Landry where he resided in February, 1896. “ He had business relations as partner, with several persons, as joint owner with others, as member of stock companies, etc.
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APPEAL from the Eleventh Judicial District Court for the Parish of St. Landry. Perrault, J. This case was before the court upon the following agreed statement of facts: “ Alphonse Levy died in St. Landry where he resided in February, 1896. “ He had business relations as partner, with several persons, as joint owner with others, as member of stock companies, etc. “ His partners Julius Meyers of J. Meyers & Co., and Mentor Andrus of Sunset Mercantile Company, Limited; Lazare Levy of Lazare Levy &Bros., have obtained by orders of court possession of the assets of said firms, and other persons,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Nicholls, C. J.
The succession of Alphonse Levy, although opened in February, 1896, has remained up to the present time without an administrator, though the properties of the various partnerships, corporations and joint companies in which the deceased had an interest had been placed by the court in the hands of liquidators, etc. Who has had, up to the present time, the custody of the property other than those so administered, which belongs directly to the deceased, does not appear. Lazare Levy declares he has accepted the succession as beneficiary heir;…
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