Legal Opinion
Decuir v. Lejeune
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided August 15, 1860PublishedCited by 7 opinions
APPEAL from the District Court of the Parish of Pointe Haralson, J.
1Opinion of the CourtVoorhies, J.
The plaintiff, Marguerite C. Decuir, the divorced wife of Ovide Lejeune, sues the latter for a share in the community of acquets and gains, and for the restitution of her dotal estate.
The parties were married in May, 1842. By the marriage contract, the present and future property of the wife was constituted dotal.
Madeleine Lacour, the plaintiff’s mother, died in the year 1847, and her father, Jean B. Decuir, died two years afterward. Their successions comprised a large sugar plantation, with seventy-five slaves.
The spouses took possession of the respective estates without form of law : the…
2Cited by7 opinions
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