Casadaban v. Casadaban

jaWHIPPLE, Judge.

This appeal concerns the applicability of LSA-C.C. art. 156 (now repealed), which provided that the party against whom a separation was pronounced lost all the advantages or donations the other party conferred during the marriage, to a mutual fault separation based on LSA-C.C. art. 141 (now repealed). Defendant appeals the trial court’s judgment declaring plaintiff to be the owner of certain real estate and improvements thereon, which he had donated to defendant during their marriage. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Ernest Batiste Casadaban, Jr., plaintiff, and Cheryl…