The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1869-04-10
JUDGMENT,

. JUDGMENT - --:-
ophelia Blouin } District Court,
Joseph u. Melanson. 49, No. ile&sss-
the above entitled cause, by reason of the
Il law and the evidence being in favor Of the
pialntlfi and against the defendant, it is there
fore ordered, adjudged and dccreed that the
plaintiff, Ophciia Blouin, recover from her hus-
band, Joseph X. Aelancon, the defendaut, the
sum Of two Thousand four hundred and eighteen
dollars that the legal mortgage to secure the
said defsndant be recognised, 10 take elect for
the sum Of nine hundred mld ssxty dollars from
the 18th Msy, 1852, and for the balance to-wit
the sum of fourteen hundred and ffty-two dol
of two thousand and seven dollars and ffty
day Of December, 1858; that plaintiff further
recover from defendant legal interest from judi
ciat dssnsnd ps the sunni R 1fodr hundied ard
b3ihg the difference between the sani Of two
Thousand four hundred and eighteen dollars
and the sum of two th0asaEd and seven dollars
and fifty hundredths aforesaid;
1t il further ordered, adindged and decreed
that the payment BY tranAfsr Of property by
authentic set, made by defendant to plaintiff on
the said 2Sth December, 1868, copy Of which
act of transfer, marked f. is in the files of this
suit, be declared valid and biading on the par
ties to the contract, and that plaintiff be recog-
nized as the sole owner Of the articles therein
enumerated, tslwit:
"A certain tract ofSsnd situated in the Parish
OF st. Landry, OF Bayou Courtableau, hear Bar
rvs Landing, composed of two portions of land,
to-wit: lst.-The plantation where plaintiff and
defendant reside, together with all the buildings
and improvements thereon, measuring one and
One-third arpent front ON Bayou CourtAbleau,
and having a depth b Of forty arpents, bounded
the land hereafter tlescrfbed on one side by the
land purchased by defendant Of Norbert Ro-
dr:gne, on another side by lands of Jean Bap-
tiste Dejean and Ida PIaisance or Donadieu
and d.-Another tract Of wood land, measuring
one arpent and one-third of an arpent front,
running In diverging lines so as to form super
fcial area of ninety-four acres and fitty-seven
and one-third hundredths, bounded North. By
drigae, West BY land above described South
by Jean Baptiste DSjean, and East by Joseph
N. ThbodeHu and O. E. Chevis;
''2d. A small lot of merchandise (Groeefiss,
ke;E Sd Two mules 4. Seven cows and calves;
=. Two sweeps B One harrow; .. An Old car.
riage; 10. One horse cart; IL. A lot of harness
-. sAbgutf tive hundred bushels Of corn .13.
About one hundred aad twenty barrels sweet
potatoes H. About eighteen head of hogs IS.
One bedstead; l6. One a<muire; ~. Foarrock-
ing chairs; lS. s0nesiiniag table; 49, The kit
81 stsn a.sasiIs % About = fifteen hundred bricks
creed that tie said plaintiff 6e separated in
property from hee saia hssband thas the com
Ing between them be dissolved, asd that the
said plaintiff have the sole and exclusive admin
istsatiou Of her separate Estate, and that the
defendant pay the costs Of this suit to I've taxed.
Thus done. read and signed in open Court,
this s6eh dsy OF February, 1853. I.,.
Judge Sth Judicial Dist, Louisiana.
A true cow. ~ >s} q .>@'..s .>4 s' '
=, : !, Jos, ID. R.cHApp. Clerk.