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10 La. 558

Decoux v. Ledoux

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 15, 1837

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1837-02-15

Eastern Dist. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP PROBATES, POR THE PARISH OP POINT COUPEE. This is an action by the heirs of their grandmother, to recover the sum of about nine hundred and ten dollars, which they allege, the defendant, as executor and agent of her succession, illegally and erroneously charged for his commissions. The plaintiffs allege, that the executor had no seizin of said succession, and was only charged with conservatory acts, and paying some small legacies.

Decided 1837-02-15

Martin, J.,

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2In this case the plaintiffs were dissatisfied with a judgment of the Court of Probates, which gave them a small sum, as excess of commissions, charged by the defendant on the settlement of their grandmother’s estate, as her testamentary executor; and have appealed to this court for redress. They allege he improperly retained for commissions the sums now demanded, in settling said succession, either as executor, and afterwards as agent, by the direction of a *560family meeting. They further contend, that the mandate, thus executed by the defendant, was a gratuitous one.

A person acting either as executor or agent of a succession, by theadvice and authority of a family meeting, in settling its affairs, and paying over to the heirs their respective portions, is entitled to his commissions thereon.

¶3The defendant denied that he owed the plaintiffs any sum, and justified his charge and claim to commissions. He also prayed to have the judgment amended in his favor.

¶4The facts of the case are substantially the same as those in the case of Decoux’s heirs vs. Plantevignes, just decided. Vide ante, 503. The judgment, therefore, must be the same in this case, as was rendered'in that.

¶5It is, therefore, ordered, adjudged and decreed, that the judgment of the Court of Probates,' be annulled, avoided and reversed; and that there be judgment for the defendant, with costs in both courts.

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