The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1901-11-02
JUDICIAL. ESTGSE NHENTS.
JUDGMENT.
JENNIE JOSEPHINE THOMPSON, Wife.
DIR. G.. NJ. COMPTON, Husband.
No. 1880.
10th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, sT. Ian
DRY PARISH, LA.

This is a suit by Mrs jennie J. Thompson,
Wife OF DIR: G. M. Compton, for a separation OF
property from him, for q dlsso utinn OF me
community of acQuetS and gains heretofore e&-
isting between them for the resumption by her
of the control and ADMINISTRATION OF her separate
estate, and for Judgment authorizing her 10
carry on an industry and business OF her own,
free from the control and administration of her
husband, for her own separate. exclusive oene-
tit and advantage, and in her own name She
also asks that the property ana estate speclally
described i'll her petition be decreed to he her
separate, individual, paraphernal estate, anu
that she DC vested with the exclusive control
and administration thereof. The plalntln was
duty authorized to institute and prosecute this
suit to final Judgment and execution, ana tne
defendant was duly cited and served with
copy of her petition He made an appearance
in the cause, and in due course, q Judgment
was rendered in favor OF the plaintiff on compe-
tent and full proof adduced by plaintiff i'll sup
port of her demands. For these reasons. ana
because Of the law and the evidence, which are
in favor of the plaintiff and against the de
fendant, it is ordered, adjudged and decreed
that plaintiff be and abe is hereby separated in
property from her husband; that the COM
munity of acquets and gains heretofore exist
ing between them is hereby dissolved as of the
date OF the filing Of the petition herein, to Wit:
Sept. 7, 1901, that plaintiff is reinstated 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 q separate
industry and business Of her own, in her own
name, and for her exclusive and personal
interest, benefit and advantage, likewise free
from the interference and control OF Of her her hus- us
band, the property and earnings of such in
dustry and business to constitute, and be, the
separate, exclusive paraphernal estate of the
plaintiff II is further ordered and decreed eed
was, at all times. the separate, indiViduai,
paraphernal property OF the plaintiff, to<wit:
1st.-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 machinerg there
on, situated on the east side of Bayou Courta-
bleau, opposite the town of Washington, in
above parish, containing about seven thousand
(700O) acres of land and bounded on the north by
lands of estate of scribner, estate OF Louis Webb
etal, south and west by Bayou COurtableau, east
by John A. Taylor, ct. ais, together with fifty
nine mules, six work oxen, cane, road machine
cultivator, wagons. carts, and all other aratory
implements on and belonging to said place
Also s. E. of Sect. 81, L. 4, 8. R. E., contain
ing 800 acres, adjoining above plantation; also
tract. Sect. 10, T. 4. q. R. E., containing ais
acres; also s. Z. of N. e. t. Sect 13, T. B. s. R.
E., containing forty acres, being same prop
erty acquired by and through an act OF parti-
tion. on Jany 20, 1899, being No. 42857 OF Re
eorder's files, duly recorded in above parish
ground, with buildings and improvements
thereon, situated in the town OF Washington.
La, bounded on the NORTH by Bayou Courta-
bleau, south by Water &C., east by Main st., and
west by St. John ST.; also of one quarter of a
lot of ground in said town, bounded north by
Bayou Courtableau, south by s. FitZhugh, east
by st. johns st., ana west Dy lrOuSGale, KNOWN
as tho wilkins properties, being same property
acquired by petitioner by and through an act
of partition of date May 6, 1889, as per act No.
1926 Of Recorders files of above parish and
duly recorded.
3d.-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 Desma-
rails & Lassalle, south by - ST., east by
Market ST., and west by Raynn Tess9n, heln 3
SIn Of IicIf hn
was acquired by v. W. BOagni on Feb. %. 1899.
as per act No 42911 of Recorders files. and the
''office lOt'' was acquired of the st. Landry H.
L. Association in April, 1885, as per act NO.
4S101 of Recorders files, duly recorded in above
parish.
4th-The undivided oneLalf of twenty-five
arpents of land, bought by the late Mrs. Il. Nj.
Millard from the estate of j. Doyle. also the
land opposite the old Steen place, in Prairie
Laurent. containing eighty-seven arpents more
or less, same having been beqneathed to plain
tiff, Jointly with her sister Mrs Mary A Walker,
by the last will of said Mrs. Il. A. Millard. duly
probated by Judgment of above court on file in
her estate.
5th.-A, certain note. dated March 2s, 1900,
payable one year from SAID date, signed by B.
NJ. Lambert and w. w. Duson, and endorsed.
for (S657l.00) six thousand five hundred and
seventy-One dollars, bearing per cent lnSerest
| 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, frOmithe estate OF the late Dr.
Vincent Boagui
It is further ordered that defendant pay all
costs of this suit, to be taxed.
Done, read and signed in open Court. at Ope'
l0usas, La, this l9 day Of Oct. A. D., 1901 In
terlineations and erasures on lines 28 to 70 made
before Judgment signed.
Esgd. E. T. LEWIS,
Judge 10th Jud. Dist. of La.
| Filed Oct. 10, 1901.
Isgdj A. LEON DUPRE, Dy. Clerk.
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