Bradley v. Commercial Nat. Bank

This case presents but one question:

Has the nearest surviving relative of an interdict the right, as a matter of law, to be preferred as curator of the person and estate of the interdict?

The district judge decided the question adversely to the plaintiff’s contention, and she-appealed.

There is but one legal curatorship— that of the husband to his demented wife. All other curatorships are dative. Counsel for appellant contends that under article 962, Code of Practice, the rules governing tutorship apply to the curatorship of interdicts. This is true in so far as it relates to the handling of an…