Maurer v. Haefner

ROGERS, Justice.

On October 16, 1936, Clara Schneider Maurer obtained a judgment of divorce from her husband, Chris Maurer, on the ground that they had been living separate and apart continuously for more than four years. On the same day, Chris Maurer executed an act of sale transferring to Clara Maurer, his divorced wife, certain real estate situated in the Parish of Tangipahoa. The sale was made for a recited consideration of $500 cash and the assumption by the vendee of a mortgage amounting to approximately $400, in favor of the Federal Land Bank of New Orleans. Shortly after her divorce…