Ingram's Heirs v. Stokes
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OE THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE . OE THE EIGHTH PRESIDING. EASTERN DlST. This is an action instituted by the plaintiffs, as heirs of Alexander Ingram, deceased, in the parish' of East Baton Rouge, against the defendant and another as principal surety in a curator’s bond ; in which they claim the penalty therein, amounting tc> sixteen hundred dollars.
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APPEAL PROM THE COURT OE THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE . OE THE EIGHTH PRESIDING. EASTERN DlST. This is an action instituted by the plaintiffs, as heirs of Alexander Ingram, deceased, in the parish' of East Baton Rouge, against the defendant and another as principal surety in a curator’s bond ; in which they claim the penalty therein, amounting tc> sixteen hundred dollars. The plaintiffs allege that the defendant, Stokes, obtained the appointment of curator to the absent heirs of said decedent, and has received the property and effects of the estate, and has also-failed to account…
1Opinion of the Court
■Bullard, J.,
delivered the opinion oí the court.
This is an action upon a bond given by one of the defendants, as curator of the absent heirs of Alexander *28Ingram, deceased, in which both the principal and surety-are sued for the penalty of the bond.
The District •Court has jurisdiction in a suit brought to recover the penalty in a curator’s bond, in an action on the bond against the principal and surety. Where judgment is demanded in the District Court personally against the curator of absent heirs, who is functus officio, and to compel him to pay the penalty of his bond, it may he discharged…
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