Heirs of Trahan v. Trahan

Citations

• 8 La. Ann. 455

Syllabus

<p>Action by collateral heirs of the wife to set aside an act emancipating a slave made by the husband and, wife. By the Court: As head and master of the community, the husband has clearly the right, during its existence, to alienate the property belonging to it, and even to dispose of it by gratuitous title, if not made in fraud, or to the prejudice of the wife.</p> <p>Arts. 174,177 of the Code authorize a slave to make a contract for his emancipation.</p>