Domino v. Josephine

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Biaggio Domino brought this suit against' his daughters Josephine and Maria Domino-to rescind a sale by which he had conveyed! to them approximately 153 acres situated: in the Parish of St. Mary, Louisiana, near Morgan City. The first ground on which he- relies for rescission is that at the time of the sale he was temporarily deranged and therefore incapable of consent under Article 1789 of the Louisiana Civil Code. In the alternative he pleads error and mistake and, further in the alternative, lesion beyond moiety.

By authentic act on June 30, 1954, plaintiff sold this land…