Colgin v. Courrege

Citations

• 106 La. 684

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>A sale made by a married woman with the authorization of her husband for the recited consideration of a price paid cash by the vendee is prima faoie valid, and a subsequent sale of the property by the vendee to a third party acting in good faith on the faith of the public records is protected from a rescission by the wife of the original sale on the ground that it was not really a sale, but the taking up by her of a mortgage securing her husband’s debt which she had executed in favor of the apparent vendee and that she executed the act under marital influence, coercion and the fraudulent representations of her husband, and the fraud in the vendee.</p>