Robinett v. Verdun's Vendees
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE ' PARISH OF TERREBONNE, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. This is an action instituted by the heirs and legal representatives of Alexander Verdun, deceased, to cancel and annul sundry sales of tracts of land in the parish of Terrebonne, made by the said Verdun to Jean Baptiste Gregoire, and six or seven other colored persons, alleged to be his illegitimate bastard children.
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Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE ' PARISH OF TERREBONNE, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. This is an action instituted by the heirs and legal representatives of Alexander Verdun, deceased, to cancel and annul sundry sales of tracts of land in the parish of Terrebonne, made by the said Verdun to Jean Baptiste Gregoire, and six or seven other colored persons, alleged to be his illegitimate bastard children. The plaintiffs show, that they are the collateral and legal heirs of said Verdun, and allege that said sales are fraudu-. lent and simulated, being…
1Opinion of the CourtSimon, J.
This is a suit instituted by the legal heirs of Alexander Verdun, against the defendants, who are free people of color, for the purpose of annulling certain acts of sale and recovering sundry tracts of land sold to defendants by the deceased, on the ground that said defendants are the illegitimate bastards of the deceased ; that, therefore, they are incapable of receiving from him by donations inter vivos or mortis causa; and that the said acts of sale were passed with a view to cover disguised, simulated, and illegal donations, made under the form of onerous contracts.
The defendants pleaded…
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