Estate of Guillot v. Lala

The question involved in this ease is whether an automobile purchased in the name of the wife during marriage is her separate paraphernal property or the property of the community.

The facts are as follows:

On December 17, 1926, the plaintiff herein, “The Estate of K. J. Guillot,” obtained a judgment against the defendant Leon Lala for $213.83.

By virtue of this judgment, the plaintiff, on February 16, 1928, issued a fi. fa. and caused to be seized a Ford sedan automobile No. 14351769 as the property of the defendant Leon Lala; on March 5, 1928, Eleonore Cypress, wife of Leon Lala, filed a third…