Tutorship of Minor Heirs
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the First District Court, Parish of Oaddo. Taylor, J. Tutor’s account, of his administration of minors’ affairs for fifteen years, filed all at one time, must ho construed as a whole — not year by year, as contended for hy opponents, though for convenience made out by the year. A knowledge of a tutor’s entire administration is necessary to a correct decision on his account.
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APPEAL from the First District Court, Parish of Oaddo. Taylor, J. Tutor’s account, of his administration of minors’ affairs for fifteen years, filed all at one time, must ho construed as a whole — not year by year, as contended for hy opponents, though for convenience made out by the year. A knowledge of a tutor’s entire administration is necessary to a correct decision on his account. H. £>., p. 921, No. 9 (last9), 7 An. 151, The account, made out by the tutor and filed as his showing o£ how he has administered the estate of liis wards, must be read and construed by the light of the tutor’s…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Breaux, J.
The heirs of J. J. and Sailie Lee Hollingsworth oppose the aeconnt and supplemental account tendered by their tutor.
Their father died in 1873, and in the latter part of 1875 their mother died.
At the death of their mother in October, 1875, the three boys went to live with Ool. J. M. Hollingsworth, their uncle, and the two girls, from that time, resided with their maternal grandfather, Dr. Lee.
When the mother died the oldest of the five heirs, J. J. Hollingsworth, was about eight years of age.
The father of these minors was engaged in planting…
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