Baptiste v. Southall

Appellant was the wife- of Homer Baptiste. After they were married they acquired certain real estate. This property belonged to the community of acquets and gains. Baptiste obtained a judgment of separation a mensa et thoro from his wife, and 60 days after the rendition and signing of that judgment Agnes Southall filed a petition in the civil district court of the parish of Orleans, alleging therein that she was the owner of one-half of the community acquired by herself and her husband during the existence of the marriage, and she prayed for an inventory of that property, and for an…