Dietz v. Dietz

McCALEB, Justice.

These suits, which were consolidated for purposes of trial in the district court on motion of the defendants, were brought to annul, on the ground, of simulation, two deeds by Mrs.-Bertha Dietz, the mother of the four plaintiffs, of an 80-acre tract of land- owned by her in Acadia Parish, being the N% of the SE1/^, Section 18, T. 8, S.R. 1 W., Louisiana Meridian, to two of her sons, John M. Dietz and William G. Dietz. In these acts, which were passed simultaneously, John Dietz was conveyed one-half or 40 acres of the tract, for $2,400 cash and, in the other, William Dietz…