Case Name: Succession of Leo Ditch. On Application for Administration
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1880
Citations: 1 Mann. Unrep. Cas. 312
Docket Number: No. 1008
Parties: Succession of Leo Ditch. On Application for Administration.
Judges: 
Reporter: Unreported cases heard and determined by the Supreme Court of Louisiana, from January 8, 1877, to April, 1880
Volume: 1
Pages: 312–312

Head Matter:
No. 1008.
Succession of Leo Ditch. On Application for Administration.
When there are no debts of the deceased husband, or of the community, and the widow is in possession of the community property as owner of the one-half thereof and usufructuary of the other half, there is no occasion for an administration.
Appeal from the Parish Court of Vermillion. Kibbe, J.
O’Bryan for Applicant. King for the Widow Appellant.

Opinion:
Manning, C. J.,
delivered the opinion reversing the judgment, and on application for rehearing, Spencer, J., delivered the opinion refusing it.