Pizzolato v. Fontenot

Vincent Pizzolato and his wife owned, as property of the marital community, a homestead worth about $1,000, and exempt from seizure according to article 244 of the Constitution. She died, leaving four minor children, one of whom is yet a minor, dependent upon the father for support. Thereafter Pizzolato. contracted debts with a number of merchants, and, being unable or unwilling to pay the obligations, made a simulated or sham transfer of his interest in the homestead to his son, Louis, who was then of age. The creditors brought suit to reduce their claims to judgment, and at the same time to…