Shelton v. Varnado

GROVER L. COVINGTON, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs, John A. Shelton and Pamela Goudeau Shelton, sued their vendor, Gary E. Varnado, over the sale of a lot in the *825Sharee Place Subdivision in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. The plaintiffs claimed that the quantity of the lot they purchased was 2.1 acres rather than the 3 acres called for in the deed. The trial court, after hearing the evidence, rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $5,400. This judgment was based on evidence that the quantity of land contained in the subject lot had been reduced from 3 acres to 2.1 acres by a…