Lacaze v. City Bank Trust Co.

The question of law tendered in this case is: Can a husband, as head and master of the community of acquets and gains, compel a bank, without the wife's consent or authority, to pay over to him community funds deposited in the bank by the wife to her individual account?

Plaintiff herein appealed from judgment sustaining exceptions of no cause and no right of action interposed by the depositary bank.

The facts of the case, disclosed from the petition, are these:

Plaintiff was married to his wife, Ruby C. Lacaze, nee Rachel, on April 17, 1941. During the year 1942 he was inducted into the armed…