Linn v. Dee

The opinion of the court was delivered by

DeBlanc, J.

Edward and Henry Dee are the children of Martin Dee and Margaret Joyce, both deceased. At the death of their mother, *218their father was confirmed natural tutor. In that capacity, he filed, an account which was duly homologated, and — on the 17th of -August 1869, to secure the balance shown by that account — he executed a special mortgage which contains the following recital

“Now the condition of this special mortgage is such, that whereas-the said Martin Dee has been confirmed and duly.sworn as the natural tutor of his minor children, Edward…