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Succession of Mizell

Supreme Court of Louisiana
Oct 21, 1985
477 So. 2d 94 (La. 1985)

Opinion

No. 85-C-1196.

September 20, 1985. Reconsideration Denied October 21, 1985.

APPEAL FROM 22ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. TAMMANY, STATE OF LOUISIANA, HONORABLE STEVEN A. DUCZER, J.


GRANTED.

The judgment of the First Circuit Court of Appeal, 468 So.2d 1371, is reversed insofar as it orders payment of legal interest on the $160,000 cash legacy from the date of the trial court judgment. There has never been a judicial demand for delivery or to be placed in possession by the legatee, Sun United Methodist Church. Legatees are entitled to legal interest on the amount of their legacies only from date of judicial demand or voluntary delivery. Succession of Stallings, 197 La. 449, 1 So.2d 690 (1941); LSA-C.C. art. 1626.


Summaries of

Succession of Mizell

Supreme Court of Louisiana
Oct 21, 1985
477 So. 2d 94 (La. 1985)
Case details for

Succession of Mizell

Case Details

Full title:IN RE SUCCESSION OF LULU C. MIZELL

Court:Supreme Court of Louisiana

Date published: Oct 21, 1985

Citations

477 So. 2d 94 (La. 1985)
475 So. 2d 765

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