Jackson v. Shaw
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Third Judicial District Court, Parish of Claiborne; J. E. Reynolds, Judge. Suit by Alice Jackson and others against G. W. Shaw, Jr. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion
*799On Rehearing.
By the WHOLE COURT. PROVOSTY, C. J.
We adhere to the view that, for the reasons assigned in the original opinion, the sale by Lucy Jackson to G. W. Shaw, Jr., is null; but further consideration has convinced us that Shaw owes plaintiffs an accounting.
[3] If he believed that Lucy Jackson could make a valid sale of her property in payment of a debt of her husband, his error came not from ignorance of the facts, for he had full knowledge of them, but of the law; so that, however much he may have been in actual good faith, he was in legal had faith. Dohan v. Murdock, 41 La. Ann. 494,…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited9 opinions
- McDade v. Bossier Levee BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
- Elder v. EllerbeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
- Heirs of Dohan v. MurdockSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
- Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad v. SledgeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
- J. F. Ball & Bro. Lumber Co. v. Simms Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
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