State Ex Rel. Hymel's Heirs v. Johness, Inc.

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

This is a mandamus suit to compel the recorder of conveyances to cancel from his records a contract in which the plaintiffs agreed to sell to Johness, Incorporated, a tract of land owned by the plaintiffs in St. Charles parish. The suit was brought against Johness, Incorporated, and the recorder. When the contract was made the land belonged jointly to the plaintiffs and their mother. She died after making the contract, and the plaintiffs were recognized as her heirs and were sent into possession of the property by a judicial decree. The contract consisted of a written…