Legal Opinion

Tutorship of Crane

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 22, 1895No. 11,744PublishedCited by 8 opinions

A PPEAL from the Seventh Judicial District Court for the Parish of Madison. Montgomery, J.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Watkins, J.

Albert E. Crane died in August of 1871, leaving a widow, Abigail S. Crane, and two minor children — Harry McP. and Adelbert E. Crane, opponents herein — as issue of his marriage, surviving him.

Widow A. S. Crane accepted the community of acquets and gains and took possession of the entire estate as surviving 3pouse and as usufructuary, and qualified as natural tutrix of the minors, and caused an inventory to be taken.

The property inventoried was all community, and consisted of a cotton plantation in the parish of Madison, a small amount of…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Dutton v. . WillnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
  2. Barry v. . Equitable Life Assurance SocietyNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
  3. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. BurroughsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1867
  4. Chapin v. FellowesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1869
  5. Knickerbocker Life Insurance v. WeitzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868

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3Cited by8 opinions

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