Fleitas v. Richardson
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. This was a bill in equity, filed December 30, 1887, by .Mary Corinne Warren Fleitas, authorized by her husband Francis B. Fleitas, both citizens of Louisiana, against Gilbert M. Richardson, a citizen of New York, Albert R. Shattuck and Francis B. Hoffman, citizens of Massachusetts, and partners under the name of Shattuck & Hoffman, and others, in the district court of the parish of…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. This was a bill in equity, filed December 30, 1887, by .Mary Corinne Warren Fleitas, authorized by her husband Francis B. Fleitas, both citizens of Louisiana, against Gilbert M. Richardson, a citizen of New York, Albert R. Shattuck and Francis B. Hoffman, citizens of Massachusetts, and partners under the name of Shattuck & Hoffman, and others, in the district court of the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, to remove a cloud on her title to lands in the parish of St. Bernard in that district, which…
1Opinion of the Court
- Mr. Justice Gray,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
- The law of Louisiana as to the rights of married women, which must have a controlling influence on the decision of this case, differs widely from the common law, and a statement of some of its principal rules cannot well be avoided.
By the law of-Louisiana, persons contracting marriage may, by ante-nuptial contract before a notary public and in the presence of two witnesses, make such agreements as they please (not affecting the legal order of descents,) concerning the title and enjoyment of their property, and of…
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