Guice v. Lawrence
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL Appeal from the-District" Court of Concordia, Curry, J'. The1 petitioner represented that, in August, 1839, she was married to on»1 Smalley, and that the parish of Concordia was their matrimonial domicil.
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APPEAL Appeal from the-District" Court of Concordia, Curry, J'. The1 petitioner represented that, in August, 1839, she was married to on»1 Smalley, and that the parish of Concordia was their matrimonial domicil. That, in the autumn of 1840, Smalley purchased one thousand acres of land of the United States, at the public sales at Monroe, partly in the name of the petitioner and partly in liis own name, for the price of $1 25 per acre : That, in March, 1841, he-made a surrender of his property, when the defendant was appointed his syndic ; and that, in May following, he died: That he…
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the court was pronounced by
Rost, J.
The plaintiff married one Abner Smalley in the State of Mississippi. She had no property, and Smalley was much in debt. They came to Louisiana, and, a few months after,Smalley bought at public sale, from the United States, one thousand acres of land, partly in his own name and partly in the name of the plaintiff, and paid for it. His creditors pursued him in Louisiana, and obtained against him judgments, which were duly recorded after the purchase of the lands. In consequence of those judgments, Smalley made to all his creditors, in March,…
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