Broussard v. Ketchens

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

On January 29, 1951, Odelon W. Broussard sold to James M. Ketchens by warranty deed for $4,500 a tract of land stipulated to contain 45 acres and situated within the corporate limits of the City of Jennings, Parish of Jefferson Davis, Louisiana. In December, 1953, Broussard instituted this suit against the purchaser Ketchens to set aside the sale for lesion beyond moiety or, alternatively, for fraud. After trial on the merits the district judge *511set aside the sale as prayed for by plaintiff on the ground of lesion beyond moiety, and the only question presented by defendant’s…