Rawlings v. Stokes

ROGERS, Justice.

Miles McGehee Stokes and Anne Knott Stokes were married at Louisville, Kentucky, on November 26, 1902,' and they subsequently established the matrimonial domicile in Adams County, Mississippi. On January 29, 1919, Mr. Stokes purchased a tract of land situated in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, which property is the subject of this controversy. The title was taken in the name of Mr. Stokes and the act of sale was silent as to the ownership of the funds used for the purchase. On March 15, 1922, Miles Me-' Gehee Stokes and his wife, Anne Knott Stokes, entered into a mortgage…