Penfield v. Sowel

AYRES, Judge.

Plaintiff instituted this action' against his former wife, seeking a judgment decreeing him to be the proprietor in full ownership of certain real estate purchased by- him in his name during the regime of the community of acquets and gains formerly existing between' them. Defendant, a nonresident, was cited through a curator ad hoc. The case was submitted to the trial court on evidence adduced on an attempted Confirmation of default.

*348From a judgment rejecting his demands and dismissing his suit, plaintiff has appealed to this court.

Plaintiff alleges that after he acquired the real…