Lawson v. Ripley
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from tbe court of probates for tbé parish of East Eeliciana. This is an action by tbe plaintiffs, as joint administrators of the succession of Gen. E. ~W. Ripley, deceased, instituted in tbe court of probates, against tbe defendant, who is tbe surviving widow, and alleged to have accepted tbe community of acquets and gains; praying for a sale of so much of said property as may be necessary to pay all tbe community debts, and that a partition be made of the residue…
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Appeal from tbe court of probates for tbé parish of East Eeliciana. This is an action by tbe plaintiffs, as joint administrators of the succession of Gen. E. ~W. Ripley, deceased, instituted in tbe court of probates, against tbe defendant, who is tbe surviving widow, and alleged to have accepted tbe community of acquets and gains; praying for a sale of so much of said property as may be necessary to pay all tbe community debts, and that a partition be made of the residue according to law. Tbe plaintiffs expressly allege that a community of acquets and gains existed between the deceased and…
1Opinion of the Court
Simon. J.
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action brought by the joint administrators of the succession of E. "W. Ripley, deceased, for the purpose of obtaining a partition of the property in community between the deceased and the defendant, after having sold so much of the said community property as may be sufficient’ to satisfy the debts thereof.
They represent that the deceased intermarried with the defendant on the 29th of July, 1830, that a community of acquets and gains existed between them; that said community is largely indebted, and that the defendant having been decreed…
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