Case Name: Succession of Josiah Huie-Contestation for Dative Testamentary Executorship
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1871-05
Citations: 23 La. Ann. 401
Docket Number: No. 3242
Parties: Succession of Josiah Huie—Contestation for Dative Testamentary Executorship.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 23
Pages: 401–401

Head Matter:
No. 3242.
Succession of Josiah Huie—Contestation for Dative Testamentary Executorship.
"Where several parties apply for the appointment of dative testamentary executor, the judge may exercise a sound legal discretion in making the appointment, and if the record discloses nothing showing that the discretion has been improperly exercised by the judge a quo, his judgment will not be disturbed on appeal.
APPEAL from the Parish Court of Rapides.
J. H. 0. Barlow, Parish Judge, if. 8. Losee, executor, in person, appellee.
B. J. Bowmam, for opponent and appellant.

Opinion:
Taliaferro, J.
By the decease of the executrix appointed by the will of Josiah Huie, the office became vacant, and the affairs of the -estate requiring a representative, three applicants presented themselves for the office of dative testamentary executor. The judge appointed the first applicant after hearing the two opponents. It is settled that, 1n cases like the present, the judge may exercise a sound legal discretion in making the appointment. We find nothing in the proceedings that authorizes us to conclude that the discretion has in this instance been improperly exercised. The succession is small and consists entirely of landed property-. The case in 3 An. 566, is closely in point_ Both the opponents have appealed. We see no good reason for altering the judgment:
Judgment affirmed