Heine v. Mechanics & Traders Insurance
Supreme Court of Louisiana
the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. A marriage contract executed abroad, by non-residents, and never recorded here, is o£ no effect whatever as to third persons, with regard to immovable property situated in this parish. Const, of 1868, Art. 123; Act.
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the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. A marriage contract executed abroad, by non-residents, and never recorded here, is o£ no effect whatever as to third persons, with regard to immovable property situated in this parish. Const, of 1868, Art. 123; Act. No. 95 of 1869; Const, of 1879, Art. 176; Lafarge vs. Morgan, 11 Martin, 527; De Armas and Wife vs. Hampton, 11 Martin, 534; Cambre vs. Grabert, 33 An. 246; Skipwith vs. Glathary, 34 An 33. When the existence of such a contract is noticed by the purchaser of immovable property situated here, and the production of said contract is…
1Opinion of the Court
*772The opinion of the court was delivered by
McEnery, J.
The Mechanics and Traders Insurance Company bought from plaintiffs’ property situated in New Orleans, at the northwest corner of Carondelet and Common streets, and deposited 10 per cent, of the price, $8000, in the hands of the real estate agent through whom the sale was effected. Clarisse Blanche Marie Louise Heine, wife of Charles Achille Pould, owned one-sixth of said property. On the presentation of the power of attorney of the vendors to execute the sale, it was discovered by defendant that Fould and his wife had entered into a marriage…
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