In the Matter of the Estate of FREDERIC GARNIER Deceased. ANDRE GARNIER et al., Appellants, v. ALEXANDRINE SARRAILLE, as Administratrix and individually, Respondent

Holding

The court held that a probate court possesses statutory jurisdiction to order an administratrix to specifically perform a decedent’s written contract to convey real property, even when the administratrix is herself the petitioner and beneficiary of that contract, and that extrinsic evidence is admissible to clarify an ambiguous property description within the agreement.