Chase v. Hibernia National Bank
Supreme Court of Louisiana
A PPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Vourhies, J. I 'The wife may place her paraphernal property in the hands of her husband as owner, and his acts may be purely administrative as to her, but absolute as to third parties who are not subject to equities of the wife in account with her husband. Miller vs. Handy, sheriff, 83 An., p. 164, and authorities cited in brief. Godchaux vs. Morrow, 41 An. 716; La.
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A PPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Vourhies, J. I 'The wife may place her paraphernal property in the hands of her husband as owner, and his acts may be purely administrative as to her, but absolute as to third parties who are not subject to equities of the wife in account with her husband. Miller vs. Handy, sheriff, 83 An., p. 164, and authorities cited in brief. Godchaux vs. Morrow, 41 An. 716; La. National Bank vs. Scott, 42 An., p. 785. II. 'Third persons dealing with the husband in his individual capacity are not affected with notice of the origin of the…
1Opinion of the Court
*71The opinion of the court was delivered by
Breaux, J.
Plaintiff, before her marriage, was the owner of twenty shares of the capital stock of the Hibernia Bank of New Orleans.
She was married to Charles H. Chase, on the 5th of November, 1870.
She collected three dividends of her shares after her marriage.
On the 6th day of November, 1872, she transferred these shares to her husband by written instrument.
No consideration was paid — none is expressed in the transfer except the customary “for value received” of bills and promissory notes.
An entry of transfer was inscribed on the books of the bank.
On…
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