Case Name: Succession of John P. Coons. Application for Administration and Opposition thereto
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1885
Citations: 1 Gunby 76
Docket Number: 
Parties: Succession of John P. Coons. Application for Administration and Opposition thereto.
Judges: 
Reporter: Legal points decided by the Second circuit court of Louisiana (Gunby's Reports)
Volume: 1
Pages: 76–77

Head Matter:
Succession of John P. Coons. Application for Administration and Opposition thereto.

Opinion:
Clinton, J.
A married woman, who is an heir, is competent to be appointed administrator of a vacant or intestate succession. 12 An. 610; 10 An. 290.
2, Where there are conflicting claims for the appointment as administrator, and the law has given no right of preference to any of the applicants, it is within the discretion of the District Judge to determine who shall be appointed, and his exercise of that discretion will not be disturbed.
2. The law confers no preference on male heirs over female heirs in applications for administration ; but where one heir is indebted to the succession, it should militate against his appointment.