Succession of Mouton
Succession of Mouton
Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the court was pronounced by-
Eliza Bugas filed a tableau of distribution of the funds of the insolvent succession of her husband, Oi/prien Mouton, of which she is the ad
The judge did not, In. our opinion, err, in maintaining the exception of the administratrix. If she has rendered herself liable by acts of improper interference, the liability is one personal to herself, which must be enforced in a separate action. In presenting a tableau of distribution she appears in her representative capacity, and in the litigation which may arise upon it, can only be held to a strict accountability for the property confided to her administration.
The evidence shows that the amount of the widow’s claim has been correctly ascertained by the judge. The tacit mortgage of the wife to secure the reimbursement of her paraphernal effects alienated by her husband, has been repeatedly recognized. The registry of such mortgages is not indispensable to give them effect against third persons. Fisher v. Fisher, 2 An. Rep. 774. Cane v. Alley, 2 Ib. 918, and the authorities there cited.
Judgment affirmed.
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