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III,a.n4NT-

nistrict Court--Parish of Nalchitocbes No
IL 7272-Marie Elina Metoyer Us. 1heoI lille
LOUIS Metoyer, her husband. in this c'se by Tes-
son OF the law and evidence in favor of the PlaiL-
tiff on the tr al of the case it is ordered, aJjude
and decrred that the Plaintiff DO recover OF the
Defendant Theopiiile Louis Metoyer the sum OF
One Thousand -Four Hundred and Thirty seven
Dollars with FIVE per cent pr annum interest there
on from the date OF this Judgment till paid and
that Plaintiff g privilege the movable property
OF the Defendant aud plaintiffs legal mortgage be
recognized as existing ON all the immovable pro-
perty of the defendant, securing the payment OF
said SUN, said mortgage affecting all the immova
bic property of the defendant the 9th day Of
July 1s45 securing the payment OF pine hundred
and eighty-seven dollars received by the defendant
on that day.. end on the 10Th day of February,
1881 securing the payment of four hundred and
fifty dollars received by defendant the last men
toned day, and that plaintiff have leave to seize
and sell said property which she has privilege
and ON which her legal mortgage herein recog-
nized exists to satisfy this Judgment and it Is
further ordered. adjudged and decreed that the
4. community of acquets and gains existing between
plaintiff and defendant be aud the same is hereby
dissolved; that there be a separation of property
between pIaintif and deseadant aad that plaintiff
have the right to administer her separate property
without-the consent or interference of her said
husband the defendant, and that the defendant do
pay the costs of This suit
Done and signed in open Court on this It'll day
-, 49,. w. B. LEWIS,
$ District Judge
T certify the above to be true copy oil tie orig
i inai Judgment on file and of record iB my office.
Clerks Office, D.. c., March 10, 1868. -
A w. HAMILTON,
March II. 1868. CLERK.
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JUDGMENT.

O1our de District--Paroisse des Natchitoches.
" No 7372-Marie Elina Metoyer eontre
Theophile Louis Metoyer, mari. Dams ce
process la Ioi ct levidence etant en- favour de la
demanderesse il est ordonne, adjuge ct decree que
la demanderesse recouvie du defendant Tneophile
Louis Metoyer a sOmme de Mil Quatre Cent
Trente-sept piastres avec les nterets ciuq pour
cent par an de- la date de ce Jugemeut jusqu'au
parfaft Placement ct que lie privilege de In demInde
reese sur 10 propriete mobili6re du defendant ct
que lhypotheuue legale de la demanderesse soft
reconnu CONNIE existant sur toute la propriete i'm
mobiliere guarantissant lie paiemedt de "a dite
somme lie dit hypotheque aectant toute la proprete
immobiliere du defendant lie 5me Juliet lS45;
guarantissant lie Placement de neus cent quatre vng
sept piastres recues par lie defendant ce jour-
ct lie 10 Fevrier, 1851, guarantissant lie Placement
de quatre cent quarante piastres recues par lie de-
PENDANT IL dernere date mentionne, ct que la de-
ulanderesse soft autorisee a saisir ct vendre la
dite proprete sur laquelle ellie privilege ainsi
que cee sur laquelIe hypotheque legae lei reconnu
s'etend en- satisfaction de ce Judgement. Ii est de
plus ordonne, adjuge ct decrete, que la commun-
auto dacquets ct de gains existant entre la deman-
deresse ct e defendant soft ct est presentes
dssoute ct quill ait separation de beins entire la
demanderesse ct lie defendant ct que Ia demande.
reese ait 10 droit d'administer proprete separee
sans lie consentement on Intervention de son dit
mari lie defendant ct que lie defendant ait a payer
les frais de &C process.
Fait ct signe en- pIeine Conr ce IL Decembre,
1867. w. B. LEWIS,
Juge de District.
TIE certife one ce uui est ci-dessus est une copie
y juste ct correcte du Judgement original liasse
ct enregistre dams mon Office.
Office du Grefier de la Cour de District lie 10
Mars, 1865.
Mare lie IL, 1863. Grenier.
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