Supreme Court of Louisiana June 15, 1847 (Loucks v. Union Bank)

The opinion of the' court was pronounced by

Ring,- J.*

In 1816; Francis D. Newcomb Was confirmed in'the' tutorship1 of his minor children, the issue of his first marriage,- of who nr the plaintift',Mary W. Newcomb, was one. The'estate of the minors, of which he acquired the administration in- virtue of the tutorship, was ascertained and- fixed by a decree of the Probate Court.