The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. The Petition of Elias C. Stone, minor child of Samuel P. Stone, deceased, and a resident of the Parish of Catahoula with due respect represents that he has attained to the age of nineteen years and that in being of the fact of his having for a number of years been engaged in business of various kinds, and as he thinks proved himself competent to the transaction thereof, he believes he is now capable of managing and controlling his own property as advantageously as he could when he arrives at the age of majority. He voices that it is for his best interest to be emancipated and dispensed from the attainment of majority, and that his affairs can best be managed by himself. Petitioner therefore prays that Elias Carter his natural uncle and Tutor be cited to show cause why a Judgement of Emancipation of Petitioner and his dispensation from the attainment of majority Shall not be rendered. That after hearing the parties your Honorable Court render a Judgment decreeing that Petitioner be fully emancipated and relieved from all the disabilities attending the minority with full power to do and perform all accounts as fully as if he had arrived at the age of twenty one years.
Petitioner prays and for general relief.
I acknowledge Service of the foregoing petition and waive Service of Citation, and for answer to the prayer of Petitioner and say that I have no objection to the granting thereof, being fully convinced that the minor Elias Stone is fully capable of managing his own affairs and believe that it would be for his best Interest to be dispensed from the attainment of the age of majority. Also in the same household was Lucy Carter, age 1, and Barton Carter, age 20.