Court Opinion

ID: 7194024
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-24 17:00:11.619972+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:16:15.992769
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On Applications por Rehearing.
Watkins, J.
With the principles announced in 36 Ann. 252, in which the previous account of same executrix underwent an examination, we are perfectly satisfied; and we find no occasion to disturb the recent decree, in so far as the oppositions of B. Cousins, Humble, tutor, or Shakspeare, Smith & Co., are concerned; but upon a careful examination of the provisional account filed February 4,1885, and the supplement thereto filed on the 14th of April, 1885, we feel satisfied that the judge a quo made a clerical error in Ms decree, in making a deduction of the sum of $6,075.10 from that of $12,999.58, which is the true amount due P. S. Graves.
We adopt the following as a correct calculation, viz:
Principal of Graves’ debt.................................$16,000 00
Interest to March 3, 1883................................. 1,436 44
Amount.............................................$17,436 44
By amount paid March 5, 1883.............. 3,000 00
New principal.......................................$14,436 44
Interest to maturity first Hermitage note.................. 1,187 99
Amount..............................................$15,624 43
*496By first Hermitage note......................$2,850 00
By cash.................................... 600 00— 3,450 00
New principal........................................$12,174 43
Interest to date of sale of Forlorn Hope, February 7,1885... 825 13
Balance due......................................$12,999 56
And to this sum he is entitled, to be paid out of the proceeds of the sale of the Hermitage and Forlorn Hope plantations, bjr preference recognized by the judgment of the district judge.
It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed that the former opinion and decree herein rendered, and that of the court a qua, be so amended as to conform to the aforesaid calculations; and that same remain in all other respects undisturbed; and that all costs of appeal be taxed against the succession — the right of any interested party to apply for a rehearing, upon the points herein decided, within the legal delay, being reserved.
On Second Application for Rehearing on the Part of the Executrix and B. Cousins.
In order to make our former opinion and decree plainer, and leave no room for doubt as to its true intent and meaning, we amend and alter the same so as to read as follows, viz:
It is ordered, adjudged and decreed that P. S. Graves is entitled to be paid and shall receive from the net proceeds of the sale of the one-half of Forlorn Hope plantation, not subject to the Gourrier mortgage, and the proceeds of the sale of the Hermitage plantation, the net bal anee of $12,999.56; and if the proceeds of the sale of the Hermitage plantation, viz:
Amount paid on first account..............................$3,000 00
Amount first Hermitage note...............................' 2,850 00
Amount cash............................................. 600 00
Aggregating the sum of..............................$6,450 00 have not been paid as stated in the account and judgment appealed from, same shall be paid him with rank and preference as a first mortgage creditor.
And as thus explained our original judgment remains undisturbed.