Succession of Winn
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the Court of Probates of Rapides, Waters, J. Simon, J. This case is before us on an opposition by the widow of Richard Winn, deceased, now the wife of J. N. T. Richardson, and by her husband, to the appointment of the appellee, as tutor of the minor children of the deceased.
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Appeal from the Court of Probates of Rapides, Waters, J. Simon, J. This case is before us on an opposition by the widow of Richard Winn, deceased, now the wife of J. N. T. Richardson, and by her husband, to the appointment of the appellee, as tutor of the minor children of the deceased. The facts of the case are these : Richard Winn, the father of the minors, died in the parish of Rapides, in October, 1840, leaving three minor children, the issue of his marriage with the opponent. The deceased left a large estate in the parish of Rapides, where his succession was opened. His widow was…
1Opinion of the CourtSimon, J.
Among the various grounds upon which the opposition of the appellants is founded, there is one to which our attention has been particularly called, and which, in our opinion, ought to prevail. It is the objection made to the proceedings had before the Court of Probates of the parish of Rapides, on the ground that the court was without jurisdiction, and could not legally appoint a tutor to minors, whose domicil, it is contended, is in the parish of Carroll. The conclusion we have come to on this point, will therefore preclude the necessity of our inquiring now into the various legal points…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. BermudezSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1840
3Cited by3 opinions
- Chamberlain v. ChamberlainSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1857
- In re the Succession of FoleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1882
- State ex rel. Boissac v. PetitSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1859