Curtis v. Curtis

388 So.2d 816 (1980)

Mrs. Verlie Holton, wife of Fred B. CURTIS

v.

Fred B. CURTIS.

No. 11097.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 13, 1980.

On Rehearing October 9, 1980.

Frederick R. Bott, Patricia Maureen Joyce, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, for plaintiff.

Edward J. Lassus, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant.

Before REDMANN, LEMMON and SCHOTT, JJ.

REDMANN, Judge.

If a wife buys a $60,000 house with only $28,500 of her separate funds, intending (with the husband's consent) to pay the credit balance with community funds, the financial positions of both wife and husband remain the…