Case Name: Successions of Andrew Dunford and Marie Charlotte Remi, his wife. Application of Pierre Maspero for Letters of Dative Testamentary Executor and Administrator-Edgar Marine et al. in opposition
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1873-01
Citations: 25 La. Ann. 56
Docket Number: No. 2549
Parties: Successions of Andrew Dunford and Marie Charlotte Remi, his wife. Application of Pierre Maspero for Letters of Dative Testamentary Executor and Administrator—Edgar Marine et al. in opposition.
Judges: Justices concurring — Taliaferro, Wyly and Howell.
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 25
Pages: 56–57

Head Matter:
No. 2549.
Successions of Andrew Dunford and Marie Charlotte Remi, his wife. Application of Pierre Maspero for Letters of Dative Testamentary Executor and Administrator—Edgar Marine et al. in opposition.
Whore the heirs have been put in possession of the succession of their father and mother . by the Probate Court, tlie succession is terminated. Tlie property passes to the heirs and the debts of the deceased become the debts of the heirs, each being liable ior his virile share. The application for administration is too late, and if the appellant be a creditor, his remedy is against the heirs.
APPEAL from the Parish and Probate Court, parish of Plaquemines. Prescott, J.
Pierre Masjpero, for appellee.
Sambola & Pucros,. for appellants.
Justices concurring — Taliaferro, Wyly and Howell.

Opinion:
Wyly, J.
The controversy in this case is about the appointment of a dative executor and an administrator. The heirs oppose the appointment on several grounds, the most effectual being there is no sucees sion to administer, because they have long since gone into possession under a regular order of court.
The application for administration was filed in October, 1869. In 1867 the Probate Court put the heirs in possession of the succession of their father and mother. This terminated the succession; the property passed to the heirs, and the debts of the deceased became the debts of the heirs, each being liable for his virile share.
If the applicant for administration be a creditor, his remedy is against the heirs.
It is therefore ordered that the judgment appealed from be annulled, and it is ordered that the application of Pierre Maspero be rejected with costs of both courts.