Granger v. Hébert

Citations

• 121 La. 1045
• 46 So. 1012
• 1908 La. LEXIS 789

Syllabus

<p>Executoks and Adiiinistkatoks — Sale to Pay Debts — Validity.</p> <p>Where, by reason of the residence of the deceased and the situation of the property, the district court is vested with jurisdiction with respect to the opening and settlement of a succession, its order, appointing an administrator and directing that the property be sold to pay-debts, is so far conclusive as to protect the title acquired by the adjudicatee, who purchases in good faith, from subsequent attacks- by minor heirs,-alleging that the succession owed no debts, that an administration was unnecessary, that they were unrepresented and that the property was sold without the consent of a family meeting.</p> <p>TEd. Note. — For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 22, Executors and Administrators, §§ 1446-1454, 1573-1582.]</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>