Southworth v. City of New Orleans

This case was tried by a jury in the court below.

Ludbling, C. J.

This is a suit to recover the value of services-rendered in recording the abstracts of inventories of the property of minors, whose tutors had not been required by law to give bond.

This claim is resisted on the following grounds:

First — “ By the act of 1869, the expense of recording ‘ the abstracts ’■ provided for in that statute, was made chargeable to the minor, tutor, or other responsible person, and to the property of the minor ; while,, by the act of 1870, the fees for such services were required to be paid-by the respective…