Kelly v. Caperton

The plaintiff, Mrs. Sterling P. Kelly, brought this suit for the purpose of obtaining the interdiction of the defendant, Mrs. Rnth Caperton. The grounds on which the judgment is prayed for are that the defendant, who is about 71 years of age, is subject to an habitual state of insanity and imbecility, and has neither the power nor capacity' to take care of her person or her property. Defendant denied the necessity for her interdiction and the appointment of a curator. She prayed that plaintiff’s demands he rejected, but, in the alternative, should a curator be appointed, that the Commercial…