Keel v. Sutherlin
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Thos. F. Bell, Judge. Action by Maud Curtis Keel and others against E. W. Sutherlin and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProyosty, J.
This is a suit to annul a conveyance of minor’s property as having been made without observance of the formalties prescribed by law.
No evidence was taken, the parties having entered into a written agreement that the case should be decided on the pleadings. Whether this meant that only the facts alleged in the petition should be considered, or also those in the answer, is now matter of dispute; but it is immaterial, since the defendants lose in either event.
The facts taken from the answer are as follows: In 1901 the mother of the plaintiffs sold the property in question, which was her…
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