Godwin v. Neustadtl
Supreme Court of Louisiana
A PPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Monroe, «71 1. The allegation that a certain person is the universal legatee of one deceased, carries with it the right to prove the fact by the record of tlio succession of said deceased. 2. Where a wife by a judgment of court is put in possession of her husband'3 estate as his universal legatee under the conditions stated in his last will and testament, and when said testament contains a statement of assets…
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A PPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Monroe, «71 1. The allegation that a certain person is the universal legatee of one deceased, carries with it the right to prove the fact by the record of tlio succession of said deceased. 2. Where a wife by a judgment of court is put in possession of her husband'3 estate as his universal legatee under the conditions stated in his last will and testament, and when said testament contains a statement of assets and liabilities, and a certain person claims to be a creditor of the testator, but is not so acknowledged in the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Fenner, J.
The plaintiff sues to recover title to certain innnovaable property which had been conveyed by her by an authentic act of sale to defendant, on the ground that said sale was a simulation, executed for the purpose of protecting the property from seizure under a judgment which might be rendered against her in a suit then pending.
No fraud, error, violence or other matter affecting the validity of plaintiff’s consent to the authentic act of sale is alleged; nor does she pretend that she has, or that there exists, or ever existed, any counter…
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- Citizens Bank v. TuckerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1844
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