1 La. Ann. 239 | La. | 1846
The judgment of the court was pronounced by
At the request of the parties interested, a probate sale of the effects composing the succession of Laurent Dupré fds took place, and the bidders were notified that the purchase money was to be paid to £. Perrodin, at his store in the town of Opelousas. The defendant purchased a large number of cattle, and paid the price to Perrodin, at the time and place designated. The plaintiff has since caused himself to be appointed administrator of the succession of Laurent Dupré, and now claims from- the defendant the price of adjudication, on the ground that Perrodin had no legal capacity to receive it, and has failed to account for it to the heirs. The case was submitted to a jury, who gave a verdict in favor of the defendant, and the plaintiff having failed to set it aside, judgment was rendered against him, and he appealed.
The succession was not in debt. Perrodin had married one of the heirs, and the others were all minors represented by their mother and natural tutrix. As the validity of the sale, and of the proceedings under which it took place, are not contested, we must presume that they wero provoked and carried on by the tu-trix and widow, who had power to administer the estate, with the assent of
The succession not being in debt, the tutrix could, as already stated, administer it, and receive the proceeds of the sale, or authorise any other person to receive them for her. The jury came to the conclusion that Perrodin had authority to that effect, and we are satisfied that their verdict meets the law, as well as the equity, of the case. Judgment affirmed.