Dufrene v. Dufrene

COVINGTON, Judge.

This is a devolutive appeal from a judgment of the trial court granting the motion for summary judgment in favor of defendants, Delphine Mercedes Esponge Dufrene and Enola Dufrene Danos1, against the plaintiffs, Richard J. Dufrene and Harold J. Dufrene, dismissing their suit to terminate their mother’s usufruct over the business known as “Dufrene’s Jewelry.”

The suit was brought by the Dufrene sons against their mother and sister seeking the termination of Mrs. Dufrene’s usufruct over Dufrene’s Jewelry based on alleged waste and abuse of the usufruct. The gist of plaintiffs’…