Corse v. Stafford

This is a petitory action to recover a tract of land and plantation of which the plaintiff avers ownership, and which he alleges the defendants hold illegal possession of, and refuse to deliver to him.

'The suit is brought against a married woman and her husband. 'The wife answers that she holds the property under a elation en payment from her husband made in satisfaction of a judgment rendered against him in her favor for paraphernal rights and claims, and she called her husband in warranty. In answer to this call in warranty, the husband denies that the plaintiff ever acquired any title to…