Succession of Manson

1 Rob. 235

• Court: Supreme Court of Louisiana
• Decided: January 15, 1842
• Status: Published

Opinion

Martin, J.

In this court, Woodworth has withdrawn his opposition to the application of Breedlove, ’ and also his own application to be appointed curator, and the case is submitted to us on Breed-love’s application alone.

Rawle, for the appellee. J. W. Smith, for the appellant.

The látter claims the letters of curatorship on his statement that the intestate left two minor children as his heirs, one of whom is married to Wilson, who is guardian of the other. That the said Wilson and heirs reside in Mobile, and that he is the agent and attorney in faot in this state of Wilson, as representative of his wife, and guardian of the other heir. The opposition to the appointment of Breedlove, and the claim of the opponent to the curatorship being withdrawn, the application of the former ought to be sustained, unless the circumstance of his being the attorney in faot of the husband of one of the minors, and of the guardian of the other, renders the curatorship unnecessary. The Civil Code, art. 1035, provides that if the beneficiary heir be of age, and present in the state, he shall be entitled to the administration; from which we infer that if he be not of age, or out of the state, some other person may be appointed, rather than his attorney in fact, or- that of his guardian. But the circumstance of the applicant being such an attorney ought not to repel him, especially when there is no, opposition.

It is therefore ordered that the judgment of the Court of Probates be reversed, and that letters of curatorship be granted to the appellant; the appellee paying costs in both courts,