Case Name: J. V. Sevier v. Succession of Gordon
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1871-03
Citations: 23 La. Ann. 212
Docket Number: No. 3246
Parties: J. V. Sevier v. Succession of Gordon.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 23
Pages: 212–213

Head Matter:
No. 3246.
J. V. Sevier v. Succession of Gordon.
The district courts bare no jurisdiction over tlie settlement of disputes purely probate in character. Tlie parish courts hatfe exclusive jurisdiction over such disputes.
APPEAL from the Thirteenth District Court, parish of Tensas..
Hough, J. J. W. Collier, for plaintiff and appellee.
Farrar & Reeves, for defendant and appellant.

Opinion:
Howe, J.
The plaintiff, being a judgment creditor, proceeded by rule against the executor of Gordon to show cause why succession property should not be sold to satisfy that judgment. The rule was made absolute April 29, 1870, and the sale of succession property ordered in amount sufficient to satisfy the judgment of plaintiff. The executor has appealed.
The decree of the court below must bo avoided for want of jurisdiction. The matter in dispute was probate in character; it concerned ¡ strictly the "settlement" of the succession and belonged to the parish court.
It is therefore ordered that the judgment appealed from be avoided and annuded and the rule dismissed, with costs.