Sharp v. Sharp

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

On January 10, 1951, Shelby Edward Sharp sold a piece of community real estate in Baton Rouge to his aunt, Ethel Fitzmorris Prieto, for a stated consideration of $1,669.32 in cash and the assumption by the vendee of $1,730.68 still due on a mortgage covering the property. Twenty days, later Bernice Myers Sharp brought sepa-ration proceedings against Shelby Sharp, and on May 10, 1951, Bernice Sharp filed the present suit against Shelby Sharp, Ethel. Prieto, and the latter’s husband,- Vincent Prieto, alleging that Shelby Sharp had made this sale of community property to…