LEGAL.
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IMPORTANT DECISION. AT a late term Of the
SupIeme Court Of this State, held at Alexan-
dria, question of much importance was de-
cided, the opinion Of the court being delivered
by Judge Slidell. The question involved was
whether husband could dispose of his pro-
perty by private sale TO his wife. One Spur
lock had made sale to his wife of all his pro-
perty valued by appraisers selected by them
selves at $32, 900. He acknowledged to have
been indebted TO her in the sum Of SIC, 600, to
which amount sin claimed to hold a first mort
gage on all his property, and she bound herself
to pay the balance of the appraised value Of
the property to those holding the next mortga-
ges on it. The whole transaction was decided
to be fraudulent and Illegal, and the sale pro-
nounced TO be null and void as regards third
parties. The court maintained that the wife
could not enter into any private contract with
her husband beyond the amount Of her para
phernal property. This decision, it is said, re-
verses several decisions made on the same
question in the District Court.-N. o. Pic. II