Legal Opinion

Ganucheau v. Monnot

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 11, 1912No. 18,854PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; Charles A. O’Neill, Judge. Action by Albert Ganucheau against Mrs. Heloise H. Monnot and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant Monnot appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.

In 1872 Mrs. Wid. Grevemberg caused her plantation to be surveyed and divided into 42 lots, and a plat to be made of the survey, by a civil engineer named A. G. Fields. In 1879 she executed a notarial act, in which she made to each of her children and grandchildren a donation of one or more of the lots. In this notarial act the several lots thus donated were not described otherwise than by the numbers and coloring, by which they could be identified on the said plat, and the plat was annexed to the act for greater fullness of description, and was paraphed by the notary for identification.…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Bryan v. WisnerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1892
  2. Lawler v. BradfordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
  3. Dickson v. DicksonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1884
  4. Thornhill v. BurtheSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1877
  5. Randolph v. SentillesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. W. B. Thompson & Co. v. McNairSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
  2. Frantom v. NelsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
  3. Board of Com'rs, Lafourche Basin Levee Dist. v. ElmerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1972
  4. Sagrera v. MoutonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
  5. Salmen Brick & Lumber Co. v. H. Weston Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1918

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