Layman v. Vicknair
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Eighteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Lafourche. Caillouet, J. Victoria Vicknair, wife of Felix Lasseigne, was one of eight heirs of Valery Vicknair and his wife Adele. Felix Lasseigne, her husband, at various dates, bought from the seven other heirs their interest in a certain plantation in Lafourche.
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APPEAL from the Eighteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Lafourche. Caillouet, J. Victoria Vicknair, wife of Felix Lasseigne, was one of eight heirs of Valery Vicknair and his wife Adele. Felix Lasseigne, her husband, at various dates, bought from the seven other heirs their interest in a certain plantation in Lafourche. Lasseigne and wife were separated in property, and through this purchase her husband became the owner of seven-eighths and she of one-eighth of ■ the property known as the “ Vicknair” Place. The husband owned a small place known as the “ Lasseigne ” Plantation,…
1Opinion of the Court
*683The opinion of the court was delivered by
Nicholls, O. J.
The two notes upon which plaintiff sues are those mentioned in the act of sale of 27th January, 1889, from Felix Las-seigne to Leufroid J. Troselair, representing part of the purchase price of the property then sold, secured by special mortgage and vendor’s privilege, and as having been then delivered by the notary to the vendor, Lasseigne. In point of fact these notes represented no part of the price. Ernest Roger, one of the witnesses to the act between Lasseigne and Troselair was then a creditor of Troselair to the amount of the two…
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