JACKSON v. RATLIFF

No. 20431.

84 So.2d 103 (1955)

Ellen JACKSON v. Joseph RATLIFF et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Orleans.

On Rehearing January 3, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Girard J. Fernandez, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

McGiehan, Bagot & Phillips, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.


HENRY B. CURTIS, Judge ad hoc.

The main question in this case is the responsibility of the father for the wrongful act of a minor unemancipated child who was not living with the parent at the time of the commission of the tort.

In the alternative, we are called upon to decide if there is any liability on the part of the maternal grandmother in whose custody and control the minor child had been placed.

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