Landry v. Broussard
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Twenty-fifth District Court, Parish of Vermilion, Mouton, J. 1. A plea of estoppel can not he maintained where it appears that the party, against whom the plea is directed, was ignorant of the truth relating- to the matter which formed the subject of the plea. 33 Au. 1194; 38 An. 813,100. 2. A person, who, under the belief that a certain state of facts exists, and without auy intention to defraud another, makes certain statements to that other person which…
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APPEAL from the Twenty-fifth District Court, Parish of Vermilion, Mouton, J. 1. A plea of estoppel can not he maintained where it appears that the party, against whom the plea is directed, was ignorant of the truth relating- to the matter which formed the subject of the plea. 33 Au. 1194; 38 An. 813,100. 2. A person, who, under the belief that a certain state of facts exists, and without auy intention to defraud another, makes certain statements to that other person which induces him to do an act, is not estopped by those statements, which, lie believed to be true at the time. 34 An. 816; 10…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
McEnbry, J.
The plaintiff obtained from the United States Government a patent to lots 1 and 2, See. 28, and lots 1 and 2, See. 34, in T. 12, S. of R. 4 E., in the district of lands subject to sale at Opelousas, Louisiana, containing 123 13.100 acres. This land the plaintiff mortgaged to one Judice. The mortgage was foreclosed many years ago, and the lots 1 and 2, Sec. 34, were sold according to the proces *927verbal, with some town lots also mortgaged, in the town of Abbeville. Although the lots 1 and 2 in See. 28 do not appear in the process verbal, they…
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