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36 La. Ann. 453

Dickson v. Dickson

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 15, 1884

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1884-04-15

<p>On Third Opposition of M. L. Dickson.</p> <p>Property composing the community "between husband and wife accrues, at the dissolution of the community by the death of one of the spouses, in full ownership to the survivor and to the heirs of tho deceased eventually, subject to a usufruct in favor of the former and always burdened with the claims of creditors of the community, who can subject it to tho payment of their debts.</p> <p>The surviving spouse and the heirs can mortgage their undivided share or interest in the real estate thus acquired. Tho mortgage creditor, in seeking payment of his claim (there being no creditor of the community), is entitled to be paid out of the proceeds of sale of such interest, in preference to any claim of the heirs against the .surviving spouse not recorded at the date of the mortgage.</p> <p>The partnership or community, which may have been formed after the dissolution, between the surviving spouse and the heirs, is not to be likened to that once existing between husband and wife. Claims arising nftor dissolution of that community between the spouses, do not enjoy the rights and privileges attaching to claims against the conjugal community property.</p> <p>An improper allowance of interest on the decree can bo corrected and stricken out. without granting a rehearing.</p>

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Decided 1884-04-15

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¶1DisseNting Opinion.

Manning, J.

¶2I fully concur in the dissenting opinion of Mr. Justice Fenner, but even if I did not agree with him'upon the law as stated by him as a general proposition, I should still join him in dissenting, because I think it has already been announced as tlio law of this particular case.

¶3This identical partition suit was before this Court in 1881, and a decree was sent down, so minute in its directions that it covers two printed pages of the Report. Dickson Case, 83 Ann. 1378-9. The lower court obeyed the instructions from here, and this appeal is from its judgment, *464rendered in conformity to them, and in execution of the law governing partitions, thus distinctly enunciated to the judge below for his guidance in the further progress of the suit.

¶4The majority opinion holds that the plaintiff was not a party to the suit, when it was here before, in her capacity of mortgagee, although she was a party to it in another capacity,but the opinion then rendered dealt with the whole question, as is manifest from the quotation from it incorporated in Justice Fenner’s dissent just read, which announced that under the circumstances, that had already been amply set forth, the mortgage given by the defendant Hannah could not affect her obligation to account to her copartners, and could not prejudice the rights of the heirs to have their interests satisfied and therefore those mortgages did not figure as factors in the partition.

¶5Now comes one of the parties to that suit, alheit not then claiming as mortgagee, and insists that her mortgage shall figure as a very important factor in that partition, and her claim is allowed and enforced. I cannot approve it.

¶6ON Application i?or Rehearing.

Bermudez, C. J.

¶7A re-examination of this case has served only to confirm us in the correctness of our views previously expressed. Our decree must, however, he modified.

¶8The amount duo opponent on the day of sale in capital and interest was $18,533 33, subject to credit aggregating $10,362 68, which left a balance of $8170 65, on which interest was improperly allowed.

¶9The error can he corrected without granting a rehearing.

¶10It is, therefore, ordered that our previous decree be amended by striking therefrom the words “and, interest,” which follow the amount allowed and that thus reformed, it remain undisturbed.

¶11Rehearing refused.

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