Richardson v. Hook

Decided October 15, 1832

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1832-10-15

The plaintiff applied to the Court of Probates to be appointed administratrix of her deceased husband’s estate, alleging there is a large crop of cotton and other products growing on the hereditary lands belonging to herself and her late husband’s succession, and that she has accepted the succession with benefit of inventory, and that it is not practicable to partition out the community of acquests and gains at present.

Decided 1832-10-15

Porter, J.,

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2Subsequent to the application of the defendant to be appointed administratrix of the succession of Morehouse, the *569plaintiff filed a petition, in which she prayed that the office might be conferred on her; this, the defendant opposed, and the judge sustaining the opposition, directed the application to be set aside at the cost of the applicant.

Scott and Winn, for plaintiff. Boyce, for defendant.

¶3The court did not err for the reasons just given in the case of Hook vs. Richardson.

¶4It is, therefore, ordered, adjudged, and decreed, that the judgement of the Probate Court be affirmed, with costs.