Grigsby v. Louisiana Bank
Supreme Court of Louisiana
ATSEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE TARISH AJND CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS. This suit was brought by a minor, emancipated by marriage, to compel the defendants to transfer certain shares of bank stock, standing in the name of the plaintiff, and which the latter had alienated to one Grigsby. The bank refused to make the transfer, on the ground that a minor could not alienate her moveable property. There was judgment for the plaintiffs in the court below, and the defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtPorter, J.
delivered the opinion of the court. ^
This case presents, for our decision the question, whether a mjBor emancipated by marriage, can dispose of and alienate her moveable property, without the advice and consent of a family meeting, and the authority of the judge.
The judge below was of opinion she could. We agree with him; and we assent to the reasoning on which he expressed that opinion.
The 376th article of our code, declares that “ the emancipated minor can neither alienate, affect, nor mortgage his immoveables or slaves without the authority of the judge, which can only be granted with the…
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