Crawford v. Deshotels

CULPEPPER, Judge.

The plaintiff, Howard N. Crawford, Jr., filed this suit to annul a sale by the defendant, Mrs. Frankie Boutte McDaniel, to the defendant, O. H. Deshotels, Jr., conveying all of vendor’s interest in 35 acres of land. Plaintiff contends that in a prior sale by Mrs. McDaniel to plaintiff of an undivided VÍ2th interest in the land, Mrs. McDaniel granted plaintiff an option to purchase her remaining Vi2th interest at the bona fide price offered by any third party. It is plaintiff’s contention that the later sale by Mrs. McDaniel to Deshotels was in violation of the option…