In re the Interdiction of Parker
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans. Monroe, J. 1. The powers of executors, administrators or guardians cannot be exercised beyond the limits of the State where they are appointed. Burbank vs. Payne, 17 Ann. 16; Mason vs. Executors of Nutt, ID Ann. 41; Vaughn et al. vs. Northrup et al., 15 Pet. 1; Morrell et al. vs. Dickey, 1 -Johns. Ohy.
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APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans. Monroe, J. 1. The powers of executors, administrators or guardians cannot be exercised beyond the limits of the State where they are appointed. Burbank vs. Payne, 17 Ann. 16; Mason vs. Executors of Nutt, ID Ann. 41; Vaughn et al. vs. Northrup et al., 15 Pet. 1; Morrell et al. vs. Dickey, 1 -Johns. Ohy. R. 153 ; Story on Conflict of Laws, § 504, 504». In the absence of statutory authority, our comisare without jurisdiction to recognize them. a- If the law were otherwise, our courts could not recognize them until they produced…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Fenner, J.
Edward M. Tucke and Percy Parker filed a petition in the court below, alleging that the probate court in and for the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, being the court of John M. G. Parker’s domicile and having sole jurisdiction in the premises, had rendered a decree adjudging the said Parker to be an insane person incapable of taking care of himself and appointing the petitioners as guardians of his person and estate; that, as such guardians, they are entitled, under the laws of Louisiana and tiie Constitution of the United…
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