Legal Opinion
Doescher v. Marcotte
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 15, 1977No. 7651PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GULOTTA, Judge.
The central issue with which we are confronted is whether funds can be withdrawn from a homestead account by a third party without written authorization from the person in whose name the account is placed.
In July, 1956, a homestead account was opened in the Eureka Homestead in the names of “Clarence Doescher or Louis J. Doescher”. The accumulated principal and interest in the sum of $16,956.43 was withdrawn on January 8, 1969 by one of the defendants — Agnes Doescher Marcotte — a sister of Clarence and Louis Doescher. At the time of the withdrawal, the account passbook was…
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2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Bert's Boat Works, Inc. v. CucciaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
3Cited by2 opinions
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