Legal Opinion
Pearlstine v. Mattes
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided July 3, 1953No. 40675PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCALEB, Justice.
Mrs. Henrietta D. Pearlstine instituted this suit against her former husband, Dr. Abraham Mattes, to be recognized as co-owner with him of two parcels of real estate situated in New Orleans and for their partition by licitation. The action grows out and is a continuation of the original partition suit brought by defendant more than 20 years ago. The two immovables are the premises 2218 Pine Stréet and 2419 Soniat Street, which were acquired during the existence of the marriage between the parties.
The chain of events leading up to the filing of the action are as follows:
The…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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3Cited by34 opinions
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