Thompson v. Comeau

23 La. Ann. 555

Opinion

Howe, J.

The district court, in our opinion, had jurisdiction of this •case, hoth to give judgment against the succession for the demand, which exceeded $500, and to declare that for a part of the demand a vendor’s privilege existed on the property sold by plaintiff to the deceased, and which was in Ms possession at the time of Ms death, and on the proceeds which were in the hands of the defendant, administrator.

Such a judgment will not prevent the parish court from “settling” the succession according to article 87 of the Constitution, and ranking the claims.

The vendor’s privilege in this case was not recorded, and did not require to be recorded as between the parties to the sale, and they are, in strictness, the only parties before the court. It does not appear that there are any third persons, creditors ox the succession, as against whom a registry was essential. Such may, however, exist, and they should not be prejudiced by this judgment. It is therefore deemed proper to amend the decree in this regard. The trivial error in the-amount of credits given by the judge a quo (if it does not fall under' the rule “ de minimis”) should have been corrected by an application to him on the part of the defendants’ counsel.

It is therefore ordered that the judgment appealed from be amended by reserving the rights of the creditors of Jacob Anselm, deceased, if any there be, to oppose the privilege of plaintiff in the settlement of the succession •, that, as thus amended, the judgment be affirmed.