Legal Opinion
In re Lee's Tutorship
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 3, 1920No. 23918PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Ered D. King, Judge. In the matter of the tutorship of Margaret Lee. Petition by Mrs. Maretta Schneidau, widow of Julius Lee, who qualified as natural tutrix of the minor child, Margaret Lee, for an order substituting a personal bond for a general mortgage on real estate, opposed by the Recorder of Mortgages. Erom a judgment denying the petition; petitioner appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
The trial judge, in his reasons for judgment, fully sets forth the case presented by this record, as follows:
“Mrs. Maretta Schneidau, widow of Julius Lee, qualified as natural tutrix of her minor child, Margaret Lee. The rights of the minor were liquidated at $9,570, secured by a general mortgagé on real estate.
“Petitioner now prays for an order to substitute for this mortgage a personal bona ample to secure the minor, and to cancel the minor’s mortgage on the real estate.
“Petitioner relies on Act No. 254 of 1916. The order prayed for is refused on the ground that it divests vested rights in…
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