Childers v. Johnson

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Slideul, J.

The plaintiff claims a separation of property; renounces the community heretofore existing between herself and husband ; demands the administration of her paraphernal lands and slaves, and their increase; and a judgment against her husband for the amount of paraphernal monies received by him, &c.

Several creditors intervened and opposed the wife’s claims ; they are appellants from the judgment rendered by the district judge. The points presented by their counsel, will be considered in the order in which they were argued.

I. The intervenors…