Chretien v. Richardson

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Rost, J.

The plaintiff, who has obtained a judgment of separation of property against her husband, Charles N. Olivier, seeks to subject a plantation and slaves, in the possession of the defendant, to her legal mortgage, on the ground that, this property belonged to her husband, and was sold by him to the defendant during the marriage, and after her legal mortgage attached thereon.

The answer controverts the judgment of separation, and denies the existence of the mortgage; should the mortgage exist for any portion of the claim, the defendant further…