The Opelousas courier., 1901-11-16
JUDICIAL. ADyERTEsEMEN
JUDGMENT.
JENNIE JOSEPHINE THOMPSON, Wife.
VS..
DIR. G. NJ. COMPTON. Husband.
No. 1880
10th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, ST. Ian
DRY PARISH, Ia.

This is a suit by Mrs. Jennie j. Thompson.
wife OF DR. G. NJ. Compton, for Il separation of
property from him, for disso ution of the
community of aCquets and gains heretofore eX-
listing between them, for the resumption by her
of the control and ADMINISTRATION Of her separate
estate, and for Judgment authorizing her to
carry on an industry and business OF her own,
free from the control and administration OF her
husband, for her own separate exclusive hcne-
fit and advantage, and in her own name. she
also asks that the property and estate special lly
described In her petition be decreed to he her
separate, individual, paraphernal estate, and
that she be vested with the exclusive control
and administration thereof. The plaintiff was
duly authorized to institute and prosecute this
suit to final judgment and execution. and the
defendant was duly cited and served with Il
copy of her petition. He made an appearance
in the cause, and in due course, a Judgment
was rendered in favor of the plaintiff on coupe
tent aud full proof adduced by plaintiff III sup
port of her demands. For these reasons and
because of the law and the evidence, whlch are
in favor OF the plaintiff and against the de
fendant. it is ordered, adjudged and decreed
that plaintiff he and she is hereby separated in
property from her husband; that the COM
munity of acquets and gains heretofore exist
date of the fling Of the petition herein, to wit:
Sept 7, 1901, that plaintiff is renstated with the
separate and exclusive control of her para
phernal estate, free from the interference Or
power of her said husband over the same; that
plaintiff is authorized to prosecute a separate
industry and business OF her OwD in her own
interest, benefit and advantage, likewise free
from the interference and control OF her nus
band, the property and earnings of such ln-
dustry and business to constitute, and be, the
separate, exclusive paraphernal estate of the
plaintiff 1t is further ordered and decreed
that the following described property is, and
was, at all times, the separate, Individual,
paraphernal property Of the plaintiff, to-wlt
lst-The undivided one-half of the oak
land" plantation, together with all the tracts
of land thereto attached and with all the
buildings, improvements and machinery there
on, situated on the east side OF Bayou Courta-
bleau, opposite the town of Washington, IN
above parish, containing about seven thousand
(70OO) acres of land and bounded on the north by
lands of estate of Scrtbner, estate OF Louis Webb
et.al. south and west by Bayou COurtableau, east
by John A. Taylor, ct ais, together with fifty
nine mules, six work oxen, cane. road machine
cuittvator, wagons, carts, and all other aratory
implements on and belonging to said place
Also 8. L. of Sect 81, 7. 4, S. E. 5 E.. contain
ing 800 acres, adjoining above plantation; also
acres; also s. E. Of N. E. /, Sect 13, T, 3, $, 4.
E., containing fOrty acres, beiHg same prop
erty acquired by and through an act OF parti-
tiolI on Jany. 20, 1899. being No, 42857 OF Re
corder's files duly recorded in above parish.
2d.-The undivided one-half of lot Of
ground, with buildings and improvements
thereon, situated in the town OF Washington
La, bounded on the north by Bayou Courta-
bleau, south by Water Sc, east by Main St. and
west by st. John ST.; also of one quarter OF q
lot of ground in said town, bounded north by
Bayou Courtableau, south by s. Fitzhugh east
by Ct Johns ST., and west by Trousdale. known
as the wilkins properties. being same property
acquired by petitioner by and through an act
OF partition of date May {, 1899, as per act No.
A32l5 of Recorders files Of above parish and
duly recorded.
sd.-Those certain two lots of ground. situa-
ted in the town OF Opelousas, La, known as the
"Irion residence and office property" with the
residence, office and other buildings and i'm
provements thereon, bounded north by Desmd-
shs sssa and west seah By Bayou 5 e"
the same property Of which the ''rcsidence lot"
was acquired by V. W. Boagnf on Feb. 49, 1899
as per act No 42911 of Recorders files, and the
.'otfice lot" was acquired Of the st. Landry H.
j.. Association In April 1899, as per act NO
4Sl01 ef Recorders flies, duly recorded In above
parish. 49,.
arpents of land, bought by the late Mrs. e. NJ.
Millard from the estate Of j. Doyle, also the
land opposite the old Steen place, in Prairie
Laurent, containing eightyseyen arpenIs more
OF less, same having been beqneathed to plain
tiff, jointly with her sister Mrs. Mary A. Walker
by the last will of said Mrs. Z. A. Millard. duly
probated by Judgment of above court on f1le i'll
her estate.
5th.-A certain note, dated March 80, 1900
pay able one year from said date, signed by Is.
NJ. Lambert and W. W. Duson, and endorsed,
for tS55T1 00) six thousand five hundred and
seyenty-one dollars, bearing per cent interest
from date, as also 10 per cent attorneys fees
and secured by special mortgage and vendors
privilege on Comeau Vacherie property in Aca-
dia Parish, and being petitioners share, In part
OF the proceeds of sale of said property.
6th.-The monies inherited by petitioner,
plaintiff herein, from.the estate of the late Dr.
Vincent Boagui.
1t is further ordered that defendant pay all
costs of this suit. TO Se taxed.
Done, read and signed in open Court. at Ope-
lousas, La, this 10 day of Oct. A. D., 1901. In
terlneations and erasures on lines % to 10 made
before Judgment signed.
fsgd.I E. T. LEWIS,
Judge 10th Jud. Dist. of La.
Filed Oct. 10, 1901.
[sgd.l A. LEON DUPRE, Dy. Clerk.
A true copy
o. b. THOMPSON, by Clerk.
Oct, &c, 1901.