Courtin v. Browne
Supreme Court of Louisiana
• Robert E. Courtin was appointed natural; tutor of Marguerite Lucille Browne Courtin. Rule by A. Oscar Browne, undertutor of such minor, in opposition to the confirmation of tlie natural tutor. Decrees in favor of the natural tutor. The proceedings were-consolidated, and the undertutor prays for writs of certiorari and prohibition against Hugh C, Cage, Judge' of Division A of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
On December 2, 1920, Robert E. Oourtin, as the surviving parent -of his minor child, Marguerite Lucille Browne Courtin, petitioned the court to appoint him tutor of the minor, and on the following day he was appointed, and letters of tutorship were issued to him; and the grandfather of the minor, Rev. A. Oscar Browne, was appointed and was qualified as undertutor. Mr. Browne filed a rule to have the appointment of Courtin as tutor set aside on the ground that he had failed to have an inwentory of the property of the minor taken and recorded. The district judge, after hearing, set aside and…
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