Sheppard v. Barron

Ludeling, C. J. The plaintiff, who is the surety oh the bond of L. GL Barron, administrator of the succession of C. B. Thompson, sued Barron, administrator, to compel him to give new security, to have himself released from further liability on his said bond, and to have said Barron removed from his trust, if he failed to give new security. This suit was instituted in the probate court of Bienville parish, where the succession was opened. An exception to the jurisdiction of the court ratione per-sones and ratione materice was filed and sustained, and the suit was dismissed. Section 3717 of the Revised Statutes declares that “on due proof *800 being made of the maladministration of such administrator, executor, curator, or tutor, thus cited, the court shall require him to give a new bond with other sufficient security for the faithful administration of said estate, and upon failure so to do, within three days after such order, he shall be forthwith removed from the administration thereof, and the judge shall proceed at once to appoint another administrator.” It is manifest that the probate court which appointed the administrator could alone remove him, and that the present suit is purely probate in its character. O. P. 924. 22 An. 131,139. It is therefore ordered that the judgment of'the lower court be reversed; that the exception be overruled, and that the case be remanded to be proceeded with according to law. It is further ordered that the appellee pay costs of appeal.