SUCCESSION OF HESS

No. 2781.

205 So.2d 74 (1967)

Succession of Philip HESS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 9, 1968.

Writ Refused February 19, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dudley D. Flanders, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Wicker, Wiedemann & Fransen, Lawrence D. Wiedemann, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before REGAN, YARRUT and CHASEZ, JJ.


YARRUT, Judge.

Plaintiffs are the heirs of Philip Hess, and seek judgment against the Administrator, William Merlin Hess and his Surety, to recover $9,000.00 embezzled by Grady C. Durham while acting as attorney for the Administrator, plus 20% penalty provided by statute.

The $9,000.00 was the sum received for a piece of real property, the only asset left by the deceased, which William Merlin Hess, as Administrator...

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