Roe v. Caldwell
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; John R. Land, Judge. Action by Mrs. Indiana Roe, tutrix, and another, against W. T. Caldwell. From the judgment, defendant appeals. On motion to dismiss the appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
On Motion to Dismiss.
PROVOSTY, J.
[1] This suit is in behalf of minors. At its inception they were represented in it by their mother and tutrix and by their stepfather, cotutor with their mother. After the judge had announced his decision and handed. down his written reasons, but before judgment had been signed, the mother died. This had the effect of putting an end to the tutorship, and leaving the minors unrepresented. The cotutor ipso facto ceased to be tutor. Hatcher v. Jackson, 21 La. Ann. 737; Marcade on article 396, C. N.; Mourlon on same article.
[2, 3] Motion is made to dismiss the…
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