Bills v. Pittman

The mother of defendant, having been appointed curatrix of plaintiff i at the latter’s interdiction, took charge of plaintiff’s effects, consisting of household furniture and other movables. The possession which this curatrix thus acquired was continued at her death by the defendant, her daughter and heir. The present suit is to compel defendant to account for these effects. It is sought to be met by pleas of vagueness and no cause of action and a plea of prescription of one year as applicable to suits in damages founded on topt. The petition in this case is very specific and full, and we…