Legal Opinion
Jones v. Shreveport Lodge No. 122
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided July 3, 1952No. 40488PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Chief Justice.
The plaintiffs, M. Carl Jones, Carl Wiley Jones, James M. Jones and Martha Jones Rice, are appealing from a judgment rejecting their demands against Shreveport Lodge No. 122, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Inc., to enforce specific performance of a contract to sell certain property, decreeing the nullity of the said contract, and ordering the cancellation of its recordation from the parish records.
The defendant, a Louisiana nonprofit corporation empowered to buy and sell real estate, is the owner of a tract of land measuring 150'x 150' in the heart of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Peirce v. New-Orleans Building Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1836
- Rome v. New River Lodge No. 402Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1940
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