Legal Opinion
W. B. Thompson & Co. v. American Surety Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 3, 1919No. 22995PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from Twenty-Eirst Judicial District Court, Parish of Pointe Coupee; Joseph E. Le Blanc, Jr., Judge. Suit by W. B. Thompson' & Co. against the American Surety Company. Judgment for plaintiffs and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
Plaintiffs are ordinary judgment creditors of the succession of O. St. Dizier, in a sum exceeding $12,000, with interest, and attorney’s fees. They opposed the first provisional tableau of distribution filed by the administratrix of the succession, and there was judgment maintaining their opposition, reading, in part, as follows: After striking from said tableau several items amounting to $10,061.37, which had been opposed by Thompson & Co., the judgment proceeds:
“It is further ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the said sum, amounting to the sum of $10,061.37, as hereinabove set forth, be…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gaillard v. BordelonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1883
- Hayes v. DugasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1899
- Thompson v. American Surety Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
- Succession of LynchSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1859
- Succession of St. DizierSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
3Cited by1 opinion
- Griffin v. HotardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1928