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COURT OF CASSATIONnotary in Paris, had to proceed with the liquidation and the partition of the
community that existed between the couple. Mrs Cinquin disputed the
liquidation statement as it failed to include in the total estate to be divided [
la masse
partageable] the property in musical works composed by her husband since
the day of their marriage until the day of its dissolution. By a judgement, pronounced
on 21st May, 1898, the Tribunal of the Seine decided, in accordance with
Mrs Cinquin’s claims, that the liquidation statement should be altered so as
to declare Mrs Cinquin the co-proprietor of half of all the musical works
composed by Mr Lecocq during their marriage.
Upon an appeal lodged by Mr Lecocq, the Court of Appeal of
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