Fleitas v. Richardson

Citations

• 147 U.S. 550
• 13 S. Ct. 495
• 37 L. Ed. 276
• 1893 U.S. LEXIS 2184

Syllabus

<p>Xhe liability, of a husband to his wife for her paraphernal property, secured by leg'll mortgage of his estate, under the law of Louisiana, is extinguished by his discharge in bankruptcy; her mortgage, therefore, cannot attach to land acquired by him after the discharge; and a subsequent mortgagee from the husband may set up the discharge in bankruptcy against the wife.</p>