Andrus v. Cornwell
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia, Wm. Campbell, Judge. Action by Martin J. Andrus, trustee, against Mrs. Lavancha M. Cornwell and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
This is a suit by the trustee in bankruptcy of Ellis Cornwell against his wife to compel her to deliver to the bankruptcy of Ellis Cornwell, her husband, certain grounds and improvements thereon in Crowley in block 6 (125), numbered 8, 10, 11, 12, 13,14,15,16. It is alleged that she claims to have bought these lots from her son, Chandler Cornwell, on the 10th of May, 1899. That, after her purchase, the improvements thereon were constructed.
That, although in her name, the property was bought by the community between Ellis Cornwell and his wife, Mrs. Lavancha M. Lyons, for the price and the…
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