Fontenot v. Fontenot

Plaintiffs, Adrien B. Fontenot and Alma B. Fontenot, wife of Lastie Manuel, are the sole issue of the marriage of Thomas B. Fontenot and Lucile Cormier. Lucile Cormier 'died in 1877, and in the year following her death, her husband contracted a second marriage, ‘marrying Elodie Young, widow of Francois B. Fontenot. The defendants in this suit are the issue of both marriages contracted by Elodie Young.

Prior to their marriage, Thomas B. Fontenot and Elodie Young, by notarial act, entered into a contract, in which, among other things, they declared what property each owned in common with his or…