Legal Opinion

Hamilton v. Moore

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 30, 1914No. 19830Published

Certiorari to Court of Appeal, Parish of Union. Certiorari by George W. Moore, to review a judgment of the Court of Appeals, parish of Union, which affirmed a judgment for the plaintiff in an action by Mrs. Barbara D. Hamilton against George W. Moore.

1Opinion

On Rehearing.

O’NIELL, J.

[4] If the plaintiff had sold her paraphernal property, received the price, and with it paid her husband’s debts, the purchaser of her property would have a valid title. But he has admitted in his tes*635timony that he had no negotiations whatever with Mrs. Hamilton; that he bought the property to accommodate Mr. Hamilton, to enable him to pay certain judgments which had been rendered against him; that, when the deed was prepared and before it was signed, he paid the $400 to Mr. Hamilton, and only knew that Mrs. Hamilton would sign the deed because Mr. Plamilton told him…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Doucet v. FenelonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
  2. Brownson v. WeeksSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1895
  3. Vaughan v. ChristineSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1848
  4. Munholland v. FakesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
  5. Hamilton v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1912

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