State v. Butler

111 So. 3d 1008, 2013 WL 1679806, 2013 La. LEXIS 850

Opinion

In re State of Louisiana; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. M, No. 538-091; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2013-K-0414.

Writ granted. The magistrate court’s ruling approving the property bond is reversed for the reasons expressed by the dissenting judge in the court of appeal. The 2008 procuration did not expressly grant the representative the authority to bind her principal in a contract of surety-ship to fulfill the obligations of another. La. Civil Code art. 2997 and 3038.