Guerin v. Guerin

COLE, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether or not a transfer of immovable property from parents to a son was a valid sale.

This litigation arises out of a transfer of immovable property in Pointe Cou-pee Parish from Joseph H. Guerin and Sarah D. Guerin to their son, John Roy Guerin, on March 6, 1971. The transfer was by authentic act on a standard “sale with mortgage” form. The property was fully described, as were three prior sell-offs from the larger tract. (See Appendix I for the complete description.) The description gave no total acreage or arpent figure but described the property as a…