Legal Opinion
Interdiction of Gasquet
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 10, 1920No. 22800PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. K. Skinner, Judge. In the matter of the interdiction of Fernand Vaughn Gasquet. Demand of interdict for right to control his property rejected, and objections to family meeting and to appointment of curator ad hoc overruled, and the interdict appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPkovosty, J.
The Civil Code provides:
“Art. 389. No person above the age of majority, who is subject to an habitual state of imbecility, insanity or madness, shall be allowed to take care of his own person and administer his estate, although such person shall, at times, appear to have the possession of his reason.”
“Art. 422. Not only lunatics and' idiots are liable to be interdicted, but likewise all persons who, owing to any infirmity, are incapable of taking care of their persons and administering their estate. Such persons shall be placed under the care of a curator, who shall be appointed and shall…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Talbot v. ChamberlainMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Gasquet v. FennerSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Interdiction of GasquetSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
3Cited by2 opinions
- Succession of CapritoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1985
- Ward v. StallworthSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942