Doherty v. Baldwin

DOUCET, Judge.

In this suit partitioning community property, the husband appeals the classification of 84 acres of land as community, and the *1302classification of a certifícate of deposit for $12,000.00 in the name of both husband and wife, as the separate property of the wife.

The parties herein were married on August 5, 1972. On October 4, 1972 Robert Baldwin’s grandfather donated unto him 4,300 shares of stock in Ambal Corporation, thereby making defendant the sole stockholder of the corporation which owned the 84 acres of land at issue herein. Subsequently, defendant needed capital for a…