Manuel v. Deshotels

This suit is the outgrowth of another suit, which is undetermined, brought by the wife of plaintiff, assisted by him, on behalf of her minor daughter to recover damages for the alleged seduction of the girl, under a promise of marriage, by the younger Deshotels. In that suit he is also charged with being the father of her illegitimate child. The elder Deshotels is sought to be held under the codal article imposing liability on the parents for the damage caused by their minor children.

Defendants, in their answer to the previous suit, denied that the younger Deshotels had seduced plaintiff’s…