Vance v. Vance
Supreme Court of Louisiana
^PPEAL from the Parish Court of Bossier. Fort, J. T. T. & A. D. Land, for plaintiffs, contended: First — We therefore affirm the true legal doctrine to be, that a tutor has no right, power, or authority to retain the movable effects and to cultivate a plantation, the property of his ward, without the advice of a family meeting and the authorization of the judge.
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^PPEAL from the Parish Court of Bossier. Fort, J. T. T. & A. D. Land, for plaintiffs, contended: First — We therefore affirm the true legal doctrine to be, that a tutor has no right, power, or authority to retain the movable effects and to cultivate a plantation, the property of his ward, without the advice of a family meeting and the authorization of the judge. This is the only doctrine that will carry out the spirit and policy of the law for the protection and preservation of the property and the revenues of minors. It was so held in the case of Boisseau & Ford vs. William Marks, Tutor,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Spencer, J.
This is a suit for settlement of a tutorship. Mary E. Gilmer, wife of S. W. Vance, died October 15th, 1859, leaving two children, viz.: James B. G. Vance and plaintiff Sarah E. Vance, issue of her marriage with S. W. Vance, who was duly qualified as their natural tutor. The deceased wife left a large separate estate, which was at her death inventoried at the sum of $>106,776 07. it consisted of plantations, slaves, mules, farming utensils, etc. The community property between her and her husband was inventoried at 553,323 33, so that the…
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