1 Rob. 269 | La. | 1842
Robert Splain, a resident of this state, presented his petition to the judge of the Court of Probates for the parish of New Orleans, together with a duly certified copy of the will of James Lally, deceased, which had been admitted to probate, and ordered to be executed in the state of New York. This order the judge of the Court of Probates refused to give, and the petitioner obtained a rule on him to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, commanding him to admit said will to registry and execution. The respondent has assigned various reasons why the writ should
This case is so nearly similar to that of Rayburn in the succession of William Lytle, deceased, that the same judgment must be rendered.
The rule is therefore made absolute.