Case Name: John Sevier v. Succession of James G. Gordon
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1873-03
Citations: 25 La. Ann. 231
Docket Number: No. 4581
Parties: John Sevier v. Succession of James G. Gordon.
Judges: Justices couearring : Ludeling, Taliaferro, Howell, Wyly, Morgan.
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 25
Pages: 231–231

Head Matter:
No. 4581.
John Sevier v. Succession of James G. Gordon.
. A rule against an executor or a succession can no* bo taken after tlie succession has been closed and the executor has been discharged, nor can an order to sell succession property be granted after the heirs have been in possession subsequently to a partition among themselves.
APPEAL from the Probate Court, parish of Teusas. Cordill, J.
T. J?. Farrar & L. V. Reeves, for plaintiff and appellee. Drake & Garrett and W. D. Spencer, for defendant aud appellant.
Justices couearring : Ludeling, Taliaferro, Howell, Wyly, Morgan.

Opinion:
Ludeling, C. J.
The plaintiff having a judgment against the succession of James G. Gordon, took a rule against the former executor of the will of said Gordon aud the heirs to show cause why the property of the succession should not be sold to satisfy the judgment in the suit of J. V. Sevier v. George Sargent et als. We have decided that the succession of Gordon had been closed, that the executor had been disoharged and his bond canceled, after having turned over to the heirs .at law the pioperty of the succession. A rule against the executor or the succession could not he taken after the succession had been closed and the executor liad been discharged ; nor could an order to sell succession property be granted after the heirs had been put in possession after a partition among themselves. The proceedings in this case are unauthorized by law.
It is therefore ordered and adjudged that the judgment of the lower court be annulled, and that there be judgment dismissing the suit at plaintiff's costs.