Grant v. Maier
Supreme Court of Louisiana
A PPEAL from the Fourth District Court, parish of Orleans. J. Houston* H. L. Dufour, for plaintiffs and'appellees, contended: First — That there is no law preventing an administrator from renewing-notes considered by him as valid, if he deems it the best policy in the course of a prudent administration.
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A PPEAL from the Fourth District Court, parish of Orleans. J. Houston* H. L. Dufour, for plaintiffs and'appellees, contended: First — That there is no law preventing an administrator from renewing-notes considered by him as valid, if he deems it the best policy in the course of a prudent administration. The only prohibition is. against changing the nature of an obligation, or creating a new re-sponsibilty. 12 R. 16 ; 9 R. 276. Second — That if the renewals previous to Catherine Maier’s second; marriage (March 12, 1873,) were made by her as administratrix of" her first husband’s succession,…
1Opinion of the Court
'The opinion of the court was delivered by
White, J.
The plaintiffs seek to enforce the payment of a note of 'Christoph Maier, deceased, which became due March 30, 1870. Mrs. Maier, formerly widow in community of Maier, now the wife of Schadele, ■and Wm. A. Moore, tutor of the minors Maier, oppose the prescription •of five years. The case is twofold. We will first determine it as to Moore, tutor. Maier, the maker, died in January, 1870. His widow -qualified as tutrix of her minor children. As such she paid the interest ón the note April 2,1870,1871, and April, 1872, the note when the last…
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