Stoufflet v. Duplantis

PONDER, Justice.

The plaintiff, William Stoufflet, brought this suit against Joseph G. Duplantis seeking to annul a compromise agreement, dated January 10, 1939, wherein the plaintiff had quitclaimed his rights and interest in 225 acres of land located in Terrebonne Parish to the defendant, and to be decreed the owner of the property involved therein. The plaintiff asked for the annulment of the compromise agreement on the ground of fraud and, in the alternative, on the ground of lesion.

The defendant answered, denying the perpetration of fraud and relied on the compromise agreement. The…