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Fennessy v. Gonsoulin

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided September 15, 1837PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Western Dist. !U?PEAL PROM T1IE COURT op the pipth judicial district por the PARISH OF ST. MARTIN, THE JUDGE OP THE SEVENTH PRESIDING. This suit is in the nature of an hypothecary action, to enforce a judicial mortgage against certain property in the possession of the defendant.

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Western Dist. !U?PEAL PROM T1IE COURT op the pipth judicial district por the PARISH OF ST. MARTIN, THE JUDGE OP THE SEVENTH PRESIDING. This suit is in the nature of an hypothecary action, to enforce a judicial mortgage against certain property in the possession of the defendant. "The plaintiff alleges, that he is the assignee and owner of a certain recorded judgment, obtained by Joseph Fenwick against Adelaide Gonsoulin, and one Sebastian Castigo, for eight hundred and fifty dollars, rendered the 29th April, 1824, and duly recorded and assigned, the 2d day of January, 1826. This judgment was…

1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.

The plaintiff alleges that he is a judgment creditor of Sebastian Castigo, deceased, insolvent; that the present defendant, his wife, had entered with him into a fraudulent combination to place his property beyond the reach of his *423creditors, and particularly of any execution which might issue on the judgment in favor of the plaintiff; that under the false pretense of having brought into marriage the sum of four thousand two hundred dollars, partly in her own savings, partly in a sum of six hundred dollars, to be paid shortly after the marriage, and a tract of land, and partly in a donation of…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. Block & Sons v. MarksSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1895
  2. Price v. FlorsheimSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
  3. Lehman, Abraham & Co. v. LevySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1878
  4. Olivier, Voorhies & Lowrey v. MajorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
  5. Font v. Gulf State Land & Improvement Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1895

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