Gourdain v. Davenport
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the Court of Probates of East Baton Rouge, Tessier, J. cited Civ. Code, arts. 3456, 3465, 3466, 3471. Gayoso de Lemos v. Garcia, 1 Mart. N. S. 325. Garraby et al. v. Navarre, 3 La. 263. Gosselin v. Abat, 3 lb. 551. Commagere v, Gaily, 6 La. 161.
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
The defendant John Davenport, formerly the tutor of his deceased brother Joseph Davenport, is sued in this case, to compel, him to render an account of his tutorship, by the minor heir, represented by his natural tutrix. The plaintiff’s father was born in the year 1807, and although the time of his death is not precisely shown, yet it appears he was alive in 1837 or 1838, nearly ten years after attaining the age of majority.
The defendant, after pleading various matters, and particularly that he had more than paid to his deceased brother, in his life time, all that he was entitled to, and…
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