Champagne v. Champagne
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twentieth Judicial District Court, Parish of Terrebonne; W. P. Martin, Judge. Action by George J. Champagne against P. A. Champagne and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Plaintiff alleges that his father, who was about 85 years of age, owned certain land in Terrebonne parish, which, for many years, has been cultivated as a plantation; that on August 24, 1905, he made a pretended conveyance of it, being all the property that he possessed, to his three sons, Alcide, Harry, and Ryle, retaining the usufruct for his life, the recited consideration being $9,701.88; that the conveyance was without consideration, was a fraudulent simulation and disguised donation, brought about by the undue influence of the so-called purchasers on…
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