Succession of Pierce

Citations

• 119 La. 727
• 44 So. 446
• 1907 La. LEXIS 544

Syllabus

<p>1. Executors and Administrators — Settlement-Compensation.</p> <p>The personal property of the succession is administered in accordance with the laws of the domicile. To that domicile that property was transferred without having deducted the amount of the commission. There is no good reason to deduct the amount of the executor’s commission from another fund remaining within the jurisdiction of this court.</p> <p>2. Descent and Distribution — Succession to Real Estate — What Law Governs. .</p> <p>The realty is disposed of in accordance' with the laws of this state.</p> <p>The decision in the Gaines Case, 14 South. 602, 46 La. Ann. 261, 49 Am. St. Rep. 324, is', distinguished from the present case.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 16, Descent and Distribution, §§ Í6-18.]</p> <p>3. Executors — Settlement—Compensation.</p> <p>Property that is unproductive, not showm to have required the least care or attention from the executors, cannot serve as a basis for commission.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For cases in point, see Cent. Dig-vol. 22, Executors and Administrators, §§ 2090— 2093.]</p> <p>4. Husband and Wipe — Community Property — Indebtedness to Individual Spouse..</p> <p>Funds of one of the spouses used to buy property during the community become ant amount, after use, of indebtedness of the community.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>