Thomas v. Thomas

This is a suit by a divorced wife against her former husband and a third party to annul, as simulated and fraudulent, a purported act of sale of real property allegedly belonging to the community and to have said property judicially recognized as community property.

In order that the problem presented may be readily understood, it is apt, at the outset, to state the admitted facts. John and Eva Thomas (colored) were married on September 16, 1919. During the marriage, a piece of real estate bearing No. 410 DeArmas Street in the Fifth District of New Orleans was acquired, where the couple…