Dixon v. Turner

LANDRY, Judge.

Plaintiff (Appellee) seeks recission of a sale of real property consisting of three acres of land with a small house situated thereon. Appellee urges nullity of the transaction on the grounds that the transfer was a donation in disguise and therefore null because it violates La.C.C. Article 1497 in that it divested donor of all his property and was also void because it violates La.C.C. Article 1533 which prohibits a donor from reserving the usufruct of donated property. Without assigning any reasons for judgment, the trial judge rescinded the sale. Defendant (Appellant) has…