Legal Opinion
Succession of Rabasse
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 19, 1897No. 12,308PublishedCited by 10 opinions
APPEAL from the Oivil District Oourt for the Parish of Orleans. Ellis, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Nicholls, C. J.
Dr. Eugene Rabasse, a citizen of France, but for many years a resident of the city of New Orleans, died in that city on the 26th of February, 1895, leaving a last will and testament, by which the bulk of his fortune was left to collateral relatives, living in France. Armand Bossu was appointed and qualified as dative testamentary executor of the will.
The testamentary executor having filed an account of his administration, a number of persons opposed the same. Among those were Theodorine Belly (wife of Alphonse Foulqaier), Miss Marie…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Worth v. . CaseNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
- Earl v. . PeckNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Edison Electric Light Co. v. Beacon Vacuum Pump & Electrical Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1893
- Nye v. LothropMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
- Root v. StrangNew York Supreme Court · 1894
3Cited by10 opinions
- Succession of LeroySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
- Succession of PiersonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
- In Re Atkins'estateCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1929
- Burks v. WilliamsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1971
- O'Rourke v. MooreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1960
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