Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

“ It is enough that the reason seems to us sufficient. Article 420 of the Civil Code of Louisiana provides that a 'person interdicted cannot resume the exercise of his rights, until after the definitive judgment by which the repeal of the interdiction is pronounced'; and article 421, that 'interdiction can only be revoked by the same solemnities which were observed in pronouncing it.' Whatever may be the conclusiveness of the Tennessee decree it cannot operate upon the interdiction directly. At most it can only furnish ground for a conclusive right to have the interdiction removed. ”

“ When the State laws, as a condition for the final settlement of a probate decree require either the revocation of the interdict or the appointment of a curator one or the other thing must be done. It is not enough for the party to show that he has a right to have one of them done. ”

“ It is said that the appellant may have his right determined by the Court of the United States, under the decision in Waterman v. Canal-Louisiana Bank & Trust Co., 215 U.S. 33, 30 Sup. Ct. 10, 54 L. Ed. 80. ”