Rownd v. Davidson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Livingston; Robert Raymond Reid, Judge. Action by William B. Rownd, tutor, and others, against Gaston J. Davidson and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a suit to annul two sales of land made by Gaston J. Davidson, per A. B. Davidson, to Edward P. Kinchen, on the grounds that the power of attorney under which A. B. Davidson acted was not sufficient in law, and' was not recorded; that the sales were fraudulent simulations, and, if not simulations, were made in fraud of créditors.
There was judgment in favor of the defendants, and plaintiffs have appealed.
Both Kinchen and A. B. Davidson testified that the price was paid, and the clear preponderance of the evidence is that full value was given for the property. One of the tracts was sold…
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