Succession of Downing

Citations

• 122 La. 275
• 47 So. 604
• 1908 La. LEXIS 449

Syllabus

<p>1. Executors and Administrators (§ 20*)— Application eor Dative Executorship-Order — Revocation.</p> <p>An ex parte order for publication of an application for dative executorship was revocable by the court at any time without a hearing, ii found to have been made improvidently.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — Eor other cases, see Executors and Administrators, Dec. Dig. § 20.*]</p> <p>2. Executors and Administrators (§ .20*1-Wills — Designation of Executor — Effect.</p> <p>Where an order for publication of an application for dative executorship was made on a showing that the will contained no appointment, a provision in the will, “I appoint my friend Geo. Montgomery as testator of my will,” was sufficient to justify a revocation of such order as improvidently made.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — Eor other cases, see Executors and Administrators, Dec. Dig. § 20.*J</p> <p>3. Executors and Administrators (§ 20*)— Appointment — Remedy of Objectors.</p> <p>The remedy of objectors to the confirmation of an appointee as executor is by appeal.</p> <p>. [Ed. Note — Eor other cases, see Executors and Administrators, Dec. Dig. § 20.*]</p>