Davock v. Darcy

The plaintiff, having obtained a judgment, levied his execution on the contents of a hat and clothing store in Chartres street, as belonging to the defendant. The wife of the latter, Jane Darcy, filed an opposition, claiming the goods seized as her individual and separate property. The evidence shows, that on the 10th of August, 1841, the opponent, by a decree of the .District Court, was separated in property from her husband, who had failed some time before, and that her separation was duly advertised according to law. From this decree she appears to have brought no dowry in marriage, and to…