Guss v. Mathews

ODOM, Justice.

On October 26, 1931, Thomas M. Mathews, plaintiff’s husband, made affidavit before a notary public that he was indebted to his wife in the sum of $16,650, representing money and other property which he had received from her since their marriage, which money and property were her separate and paraphernal funds which he had converted to his own use. The affidavit was recorded in the mortgage records of the parishes of Rapides and Avoyelles on October 27.

Thomas M. Mathews at the time he made and recorded this affidavit was heavily indebted to the Gretna Trust & Savings Bank, Canal…