In Re Buller's Estates
Supreme Court of Louisiana
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…
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