Legal Opinion

In re Tutorship of Ratcliffe Minors

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 24, 1916No. 21264Published

Appeal from Eleventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Natchitoches; W. T. Cunningham, Judge. In the matter of the tutorship of the minors of George M. Rateliffe. Opposition to the final account of the Interstate Trust & Banking Company. From the judgment, the accountant appeals.

1Opinion

Statement of the Case — On the Merits.

O’NIELL, J.

The Interstate Trust & Banking Company has appealed from a judgment rejecting its final account as tutor, and ordering it to file another account in conformity with the instructions of the district judge.

The account was opposed by a sister of the minors, Miss Annie Daisy Ratcliffe, who was appointed their guardian in Colorado, and whose appointment was recognized by the court of their former domicile in this state. Her complaint was that the charge for the commission of 10 per cent, on the alleged revenues of the minors should be reduced from…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. DeKoven v. DeKovenIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
  2. Von Baumbach v. Sargent Land Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1914
  3. Sims v. BillingtonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1898
  4. Glenn v. ElamSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1848
  5. Mitchell Bros. v. DoyleDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1915

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