Byrd v. Babin

ROGERS, Justice.

This is a suit instituted by Mrs. Estelle McGehee Byrd, wife of W. T. Byrd, against Louis U. Babin and John T. Lay-cock to recover a certain sum of money which she alleges is due her as her share of the profits realized from the sale of her separate property.

Plaintiff, as owner of a tract of land situated near the City of Baton Rouge, entered into a contract with defendants to sell them the land for $27,500, plus one half of the profits which might result from the sale of lots into which this tract was to be subdivided by the defendants.

The plaintiff, Mrs. Byrd, is a married…