229 La. 495
86 So.2d 169
Decided February 20, 1956
Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1956-02-20
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Decided 1956-02-20
Cited by 181 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2016 · most notably United States v. Mitchell (1971), 358 So. 2d 919 - Sims v. Sims (1978)
10 federal appellate · 161 state decisions
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¶1(concurring in part and dissenting in part).
¶2With reference to the Woodward-Wight group annuity certificate (Article IV), I am of the opinion that the wife’s alternative contention should be sustained, it being that “the community should be credited in the final accounting for the amount of community funds contributed to the annuity plan for the benefit of the husband.” Otherwise, I concur in the decree.