Lazare v. Jacques

The plaintiffs are the administrator and the collateral heirs of J. B. Desmarais, deceased. They sue the defendant for the purpose of annulling an act of sale made to her by Ihe deceased, and base their demand upon the fact that she was at the time his concubine, and that this was a disguised donation.

The facts elicited on the trial of this cause show conclusively that the deed of sale in question was a disguised donation, and that the transfer was made in that form for the purpose of evading the prohibition contained in Article 1468 of the Civil Code.

The only question presented under the…