Falconer v. Falconer

This is a suit by the wife against her husband for the restitution of the administration of her paraphernal property.

There is coupled with this demand a claim for a personal judgment against the husband for rents and revenues on a quantum meruit for the period the administration of the property was confided to the husband.

The last-mentioned demand was postponed to a settlement of the community between the parties. It should have been rejected outright. The plain provisions of the Civil Code declare that, when the paraphernal property of the wife is administered by the husband, or by him and…