Massey v. James

This is a suit to cancel and revoke a sale from plaintiff to defendant of an undivided one-sixth interest in a certain oil and gas lease, on property situated in Claiborne parish, La.

The petition alleges that the sale was a simulation; that it was without consideration; that plaintiff did not sell, did not contract to sell, and did not intend to sell the property to defendant; and that defendant acquired no interest therein by reason of the sale. Plaintiff caused a notice of lis pendens to be recorded in the mortgage records of the parish.

Defendant excepted to the suit, alleging that the…