Heirs of Dupuy v. Dupont

This suit appears to have been properly brought by virtue of an express provision of the Civil Code.

“The sales of immovable property or slaves, made by parents to their children, may be attacked by the forced heirs, as containing a donation in disguise, if the latter can prove that no price has been paid, or that the price was below one-fourth of the real value of the immovables or slaves sold, at the time of the sale.” O. C. 2419.

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