Fisk v. Fisk
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Second District Court of New Orleans, Canon, J. Stehlins FisTc, by his last will, bequeathed the sum of $100,000 to his brother Alijah Fisk, for his sole use and benefit, without any security whatever during his lifetime, and at his death to be divided and given equally between the children of Sereno Fisk, his youngest brother.
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APPEAL from the Second District Court of New Orleans, Canon, J. Stehlins FisTc, by his last will, bequeathed the sum of $100,000 to his brother Alijah Fisk, for his sole use and benefit, without any security whatever during his lifetime, and at his death to be divided and given equally between the children of Sereno Fisk, his youngest brother. Alijah Fisk, who resided in New Orleans, received the money, and used it during his life: upon his death, Sereno Fisk, who, with his children, resided in the territory of "Wisconsin, appeared in New Orleans, and applied for the tutorship of his…
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the court was pronounced by
Rost, J.
The plaintiff, who resides in the territory of Wisconsin, acting as tutor of three of his minor children, and by virtue of the paternal power in relation to two others, whose mother is living, seeks to recovor the sum of $100,000 dollars, alleged .to be due his children, by the succession which the defendants represent.
The defendants having excepted to his capacity to sue as tutor, he adduced, in support of it, the following appointment of the Court of Probates of this parish:
“ I understand that by the laws of the territory of Wisconsin, the…
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