Ex Parte: Florida Victorine (MA 243/2018) [2018] SCSC 8294 (16 October 2018)

The court found that there was a clerical error in the description of the immovable property in the original order and allowed the correction to accurately reflect the property owned by the deceased.

Citation: [2018] SCSC 8294
Parties: Applicant: Florida Victorine
Court: Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Seychelles
Judgment Date: 16 October 2018
Case Number: MA 243/2018
Procedural Posture: Civil Motion / Order on Motion for Correction of Error
Outcome: Motion allowed; order corrected
Legal Topics: Correction of Clerical Errors, Executorship, Succession
Source Language: English

Civil Procedure Correction of Clerical Errors Executorship Succession

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Parties

Florida Victorine

Applicant

Procedural Posture

Civil Motion / Order on Motion for Correction of Error

Legal Issues

1 Whether there was a clerical error in the order appointing the applicant as Executrix to the succession of Gilbert Hartly Laporte

Ratio Decidendi

The court found that there was a clerical error in the description of the immovable property in the original order and allowed the correction to accurately reflect the property owned by the deceased.

Court Disposition

Motion allowed; order corrected

Orders

Paragraph 5 of the order dated 18th July 2018 is replaced to state that at the time of his death the deceased owned immovable property, namely a parcel of land situate at Baie Ste Anne, Praslin, registered as Parcel PR536.