In re Alexander
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; Charles A. O’Neill, Judge. In the matter of the opposition of Fred Alexander to the application of Edith Alexander to be appointed tutor to the succession of Martha Alexander, deceased. From a judgment appointing the applicant as tutrix, the opponent appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPro Yo Sty, J.
This is a contest over the appointment of a tutor to five negro minor children, the contestants being the father and the maternal grandmother. The grandmother alleges that the father is excluded by reason of his having abandoned the children. The contest has arisen seven years after the death of the mother, and only because of a legacy of $300 having been left to one of the children, and of the necessity that some one should be qualified to receive this money. The children have not heretofore had any property, and now have none except that one of them has this $300.
Their parents were…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Segura v. PradosSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1847
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Courtin v. BrowneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1921
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