Succession of Desorme

Same case — On a Re7hearing.

L. Janin,

for a re-hearing. The Probate Court allowed on the balance found against the administrator, ten per cent interest, for eight years, from the time when the notes given for the purchase of the property fell due.

The Probate Court quoted no authority for this decision. This court considered it justified by the 4th and 6th sections of the act of 1837. This statute provides for a very different case: at all events it cannot produce a retroactive effect, and be construed as imposing a penally for acts or omissions anterior to its passage. It has been twice…