§ Art. 1874 Interested person may obtain declaration of rights; purpose

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Art. 1874. Interested person may obtain declaration of rights; purpose

    A person interested as or through an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, or other fiduciary, creditor, devisee, legatee, heir, next of kin, or cestui que trust, in the administration of a trust, or of the estate of a decedent, an infant, lunatic, or insolvent, may have a declaration of rights or legal relations in respect thereto:

    (1) To ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, legatees, heirs, next of kin or others;

    (2) To direct the executors, administrators, or trustees to do or abstain from doing any particular act in their fiduciary capacity; or

    (3) To determine any question arising in the administration of the estate or trust, including questions of construction of wills and other writings.