Downs v. Morrison
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the District Court of the Parish of Ouachita, Mayo, J.
1Opinion of the CourtBuciianan, J.
The only question of law which this case presents is, whether the amount of the paraphernal effects received by the husband in cash, during the marriage, is a debt of the community or a debt of the husband’s separate estate.
It is admitted that the community of acquests between plaintiff and the testator was worth over fifty thousand dollars, and that plaintiff has accepted the community, and has received her portion.
The testator has left, besides, a large separate estate.
It thus interests the plaintiff to have her husband’s separate estate charged with the debt which he has contracted by the…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Pickard v. StewartSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1843
3Cited by6 opinions
- Broyles v. BroylesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
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- Succession of McCloskeySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- Slater v. CulpepperLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
- Butcher v. ButcherLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1955
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