Case Name: HADDAD v. HADDAD
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1907-12-02
Citations: 120 La. 218
Docket Number: No. 16,578
Parties: HADDAD v. HADDAD.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 120
Pages: 217–223

Head Matter:
(45 South. 109.)
No. 16,578.
HADDAD v. HADDAD.
(Dec. 2, 1907.)
1. Divoece — Extrajudicial Partition — Vacation — Fraud—Burden ox Proof.
Plaintiff, the former wife of defendant suing- to annul an extrajudicial partition ot community property made after a judgment of separation in favor of the defendant, bears the burden of proving error, fraud, and lesion as alleged in her petition.
2. Same.
The parties having made as the basis of their voluntary partition a statement of the assets and liabilities of the community as of date of the institution of the suit by the husband for a separation from bed and board, plaintiff cannot complain that the partition should have been made on the basis of the status of the community at the date of the judgment of separation, in the absence of evidence tending to show that her share would have been greater if the partition had been made on the latter basis.
3. Same.
Lesion to invalidate a partition must be more than one-fourth part of the true value of' the property received by the complainant. Civ. Code, art. 1398.
4. Same — Charges and Credits to Husband.
The husband cannot be charged with the assets of the community as of date of his suit for separation or divorce, and be denied credit for community debts paid between said date and the date of rendition of judgment.
5. Same — Settlement oe Community — Date.
When the husband sues for a separation or divorce, is the community to be settled as of date of filing of suit, or as of 'date of judgment-quaere?
(Syllabus by the Court.)
Appeal from Twentieth Judicial District Court, Parish of Terrebonne; Louis P. Cail-louet, Judge.
Action by Anna Haddad against Alexander P. Haddad, to annul a partition in a prior action between the parties -for separation from bed and board. From an adverse decree, plaintiff appealed.
Motion to dismiss denied, and judgment affirmed.
Paul Kramer and Charles Frank Borah, for appellant. Wallis & Gagne, for appellee.

Opinion:
LAND, J.
On January 13, 1904, Alexander P. Haddad brought a suit against his wife, Anna Haddad, for separation from bed and board on the ground of abandonment. It appears that the wife had left the state, and she was represented in the proceedings by a curator ad hoc.
On January 14, 1904, an inventory of the community property was taken by order of the court. The total appraisement amounted to $12,878.33. On July 18, 1904, judgment was rendered in favor of the husband as prayed for. Soon thereafter the parties made an extrajudicial partition of the community property, the wife receiving $344.45. On January 2, 1906, the plaintiff herein filed the present suit to annul the extrajudicial partition on the ground of fraud and lesion, and for a judicial partition of the community property. Defendant excepted and pleaded the general issue. The judge below ordered a supplemental partition of some movables, which had been omitted in the extrajudicial partition, but otherwise rejected plaintiff's demand. Plaintiff has appealed.
On Motion to Dismiss.
The motion to dismiss on the ground that this court has no jurisdiction ratione materias is without merit, as the object of plaintiff's suit is to bring into court for distribution a fund far exceeding $2,000, the lower limit of our appellate jurisdiction. Walker v. Barrow, 43 La. Ann. 863, 90 South. 479.