Linkswiler v. Hoffman
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu; Edmund Denis Miller, Judge. Action by George Linkswiler against J. H. Hoffman. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBlanchard, J.
This was an action to set aside and annul a sale of immovable property on the ground of lesion beyond moiety.
Plaintiff and Perley Stafford were, in the beginning of the year 1900, owners of record of 1,040 acres of rice lands in the Parish of Calcasieu, which they had purchased in 1897 from Valery Ledoux for $12,000.00, to be paid in ten equal annual payments with interest at the rate of 8% per annum from date of sale.
They had paid nothing on the land — the instalments maturing in 1898, 1899 and 1900 not having been met.
Plaintiff and Stafford also owned at that time (the beginning of 1900)…
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