Le Boeuf v. Duplantis

LE BLANC, Judge.

This is a suit brought by the heirs of Mrs. Beattie Le Boeuf, born Olympe Hebert, to have a sale of certain property situated in the parish of Terrebonne, to the defendant J. G. Duplantis, set aside in so far as it purported to convey her interest therein, on the ground that her signature appearing on the deed is a forgery.

In two companion suits brought at the same time by other alleged co-owners of the property, all of whom admittedly signed the same deed, the issue is one of fraud and misrepresentation, the plaintiffs in one of those suits alleging that they were duped and…