Legal Opinion

Otis v. Texas Co.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 8, 1922No. 24745Published

1Opinion

On Rehearing.

ROGERS, J.

The facts of this case are correctly set forth in our former opinion handed down herein. The issue to be determined from these facts, and the law applicable thereto, is whether the real estate in controversy was the separate and paraphernal property of Alice Lewis, one of the defendants, or whether it belonged to the community existing between her and her first husband, John R. White.

It is contended, however, on behalf of plaintiffs, that this issue should be considered and determined in their favor upon their pleas of estoppel and prescription. It is therefore…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Succession of BurkeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
  2. Breaux v. SarvoieSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1887
  3. Breaux-Renoudet Cypress Lumber Co. v. ShadelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1900
  4. Layman v. VicknairSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1895
  5. Metcalf v. ClarkSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1853

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