Legal Opinion

In Re Buller's Estates

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 3, 1939No. 35167PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PONDER, Justice.

William Buffer was married to Adelaide Landreneau, the widow of Pierre Sosthene Fontenot, on December 2, 1884. At the time of the marriage, his wife was the mother of a minor child, Corinne Fontenot, issue of her prior marriage. On November 17, 1884, William Buffer transferred to Corinne Fontenot 50 arpents of land, property he had acquired before his marriage, in settlement of a debt of $346.43 which his wife, as natural tutrix-, owed her minor child. Adelaide Landreneau received by inheritance $1,060 from the estate of her father and mother; $240 from the estate of her…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Burns v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1887
  2. Schreiber v. Beer's Widow & HeirsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
  3. Fowler v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
  4. Smelley v. RicksSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
  5. Succession of ToombsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1928

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Montgomery v. ForemanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1982
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