Lemoine v. Downs

DECUIR, Judge.

|;Barbara Escude Lemoine sued Jon Oliver Downs seeking to be declared owner of certain immovable property located in Avoyelles Parish. The trial court granted partial summary judgment in Lemoine’s favor, and this appeal ensued. For the following reasons, we reverse and render judgment in favor of Downs.

On April 1, 1995, John Lemoine, husband of the plaintiff, Barbara Lemoine, donated the property at issue to Barbara’s twelve-year-old unemancipated grandson, the defendant, Jon Downs. Downs lived with the Lemoines at the time of the donation. He was the son of Barbara’s daughter…