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I concur in the refusal to grant a rehearing herein because the following passage from Duranton, book 3, art. 507 (cited with approval in the majority opinion of this court in Succession of Villa,
132 La. 714 , 61 So. 765), expresses exactly and clearly my own understanding of the meaning of article 1707 of the Revised Civil Code of 1870 (article 1044 of the Code Napoleon), to wit:"The assignment of equal aliquot parts to each of the legatees [created by one and the same disposition], as the half, the third, etc., works a division of the disposition, and makes as many legacies as there are assigned parts; but the mere declaration of equality ofrights in the thing bequeathed acts only on the division, and not on the thing itself. [Italics mine.]"
I am therefore now convinced that I erred in yielding my assent to the conclusion reached in Succession of Schonekas,
155 La. 401 , 99 So. 345.This quotation escaped my attention at the time.
Document Info
Docket Number: No. 28573.
Citation Numbers: 116 So. 192, 165 La. 803
Judges: PER CURIAM.
Filed Date: 2/13/1928
Precedential Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 1/12/2023