Legal Opinion

In re the Tutorship of Hacket

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 15, 1843PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from the Court of .Probates of West Baton Rouge, Favrot, J. The pleadings and evidence in this case are accurately re-cited in the opinion delivered by Morphy, J. The petitioner represents that he is the dative tutor of Francis Hacket, junr., one of the two children of Francis Hacket, born of his marriage with Maria Adams, both deceased ; that before his appointment, Francis Hacket, junr. had had two tutors in succession, to wit, his mother Maria, and, after her…

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Appeal from the Court of .Probates of West Baton Rouge, Favrot, J. The pleadings and evidence in this case are accurately re-cited in the opinion delivered by Morphy, J. The petitioner represents that he is the dative tutor of Francis Hacket, junr., one of the two children of Francis Hacket, born of his marriage with Maria Adams, both deceased ; that before his appointment, Francis Hacket, junr. had had two tutors in succession, to wit, his mother Maria, and, after her death, James Hacket, her second husband; that he has also been appointed tutor to the three minor children left by the late…

1Opinion of the CourtMorphy, J.

Two points have been made, which, as they apply only to the intervening party, we will first consider. It is said, that Elvira Hacket was improperly permitted to intervene in this suit, as her demand is a separate and independent one ; that she does not claim the same thing as Francis Hacket or any thing connected with it; that she claims for herself the same sum of *296money, to be sure, as he does, but that there is not, between the two demands, that identity, or connection, contemplated by article 389 of the Code of Practice. We. think otherwise. Elvira Hacket seeks to join her brother and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Cantzler v. GordonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1834
  2. Montreuil v. PierreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1836

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Russo v. RussoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
  2. Becker v. HamptonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
  3. Succession of RoseSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1896
  4. The StarSupreme Court of the United States · 1818
  5. Hanks v. AlexanderLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1934

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