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· 9/15/1852

Vasseur v. Dupre

Citations

  • 8 La. Ann. 488

Syllabus

<p>Until the succession is liquidated it is impossible to ascertain whether the wife died rich, and unless she did so, and the husband is shown to be in necessitous circumstances, the marital portion is not due.</p> <p>In a suit for the marital portion, the heirs must be made parties, the administrator having no capacity to stand in judgment.</p>

Judges: Rost

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