Rapp v. Peyroux
Supreme Court of Louisiana
ATrEAL FROM THE COURT 01? THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, JUDGE WATTS PRESIDING. The plaintiff, Henriette Catharine Rapp, separated from bed and board from her husband, J. B. Guerin, sues to recover from the firm of Peyroux, Rivarde & Co., the sum of two thousand two hundred and twenty-four dollars, the amount of a note which she alleges her husband put into their hands for collection, the 7th June, 1833, when she and her husband were on the eve of starting for France.
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ATrEAL FROM THE COURT 01? THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, JUDGE WATTS PRESIDING. The plaintiff, Henriette Catharine Rapp, separated from bed and board from her husband, J. B. Guerin, sues to recover from the firm of Peyroux, Rivarde & Co., the sum of two thousand two hundred and twenty-four dollars, the amount of a note which she alleges her husband put into their hands for collection, the 7th June, 1833, when she and her husband were on the eve of starting for France. The plaintiff alleges that this note was her separate and paraphernal property, and that she alone is entitled to receive the…
1Opinion of the CourtRost, J.
These cases were consolidated and tried together in the court below. Judgment was given in favor of the plaintiff in the first suit, and against her in the second ; from that part of the judgment, she has appealed. This action is instituted to recover certain slaves formerly sold by the plaintiff, on the ground that they formed part of her dowry and could not be alienated. Her husband, cited in warranty by the defendant, has appeared and denied the authority of the plaintiff to appear in court. It is in evidence that she resided several years in France with her husband, and was separated from…
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