PENFIELD v. SOWEL

No. 8474.

85 So.2d 347 (1956)

Tom PENFIELD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mary Wendt Penfield SOWEL, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 2, 1956.

Writ of Certiorari Denied March 26, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald C. Dickson, Shreveport, for appellant.

Robert G. Pugh, curator ad hoc, Shreveport, for appellee.


AYRES, Judge.

Plaintiff instituted this action against his former wife, seeking a judgment decreeing him to be the proprietor in full ownership of certain real estate purchased by him in his name during the regime of the community of acquets and gains formerly existing between them. Defendant, a nonresident, was cited through a curator ad hoc. The case was submitted to the trial court on evidence adduced on an attempted confirmation of default.

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