Cannon v. Cannon

ELLIS, Judge.

This is a suit by some of the heirs of Eliska Melancon Cannon to set aside a certain act of sale whereby Mrs. Cannon transferred to defendant, Chester A. Cannon, an undivided one-half interest in 43.75 acres of land situated in Ascension Parish. Alternatively, plaintiff asks that the sale be rescinded for lesion beyond moiety, and in the further alternative, that it be declared a donation in disguise and set aside to the extent of the forced portion of the plaintiffs in their mother’s estate. The defendant denied the essential allegations of the petition, and alleged that the…