Bachino v. Coste
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Monroe, J. 1. Where property is bought in the name of the wife, and the notarial act contains her explicit declaration that it was bought and paid for with her paraphernal funds, the husband, being a party to the act and assenting to the declaration, his heirs are estopped from denying it.
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APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Monroe, J. 1. Where property is bought in the name of the wife, and the notarial act contains her explicit declaration that it was bought and paid for with her paraphernal funds, the husband, being a party to the act and assenting to the declaration, his heirs are estopped from denying it. Only forced heirs can contest the truth of the declaration to the extent of their legitime, when the act is intended to deprive them of it. Kerwin vs. Hibernia Insurance Company, 35 An.; B.oone vs. Carroll, lb. j Drumm vs. Kleinmau, 3L An. 124.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Bermudez, C. J.
This is an action to compel compliance with the terms of sale of a piece of property adjudicated to the defendant. The appeal is taken from a judgment in favor of the latter.
The property was .purchased in the name of the plaintiff, during *571marriage. The act contains a recital of the origin of the funds with which it states that the acquisition was made, and it was signed by the husband. The latter died a short time before the adjudication of the property to the defendant, leaving four children, the issue of his marriage with the…
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