De Pontalba v. City of New Orleans
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Third District Court of New Orleans, Kennedy, J. The donation was a conditional one, and the non-compliance with the condition entitles the plaintiff to recover the property. “ Maguer que qualquier home que diere alguna cosa á otre, no gela pueda despues toller, pero....si gelo dió por alguna cosa facer, y no gelo fizo: por estas cosas, ó por cada una de ellas, el que dió las cosas pueda las toller á aquel á quien las dió.”
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APPEAL from the Third District Court of New Orleans, Kennedy, J. The donation was a conditional one, and the non-compliance with the condition entitles the plaintiff to recover the property. “ Maguer que qualquier home que diere alguna cosa á otre, no gela pueda despues toller, pero....si gelo dió por alguna cosa facer, y no gelo fizo: por estas cosas, ó por cada una de ellas, el que dió las cosas pueda las toller á aquel á quien las dió.” Fuero Real, lib. 3, tit. 12, p. -212. “ Por cierta cosa, e por señaladas razones se njueuen los omes á las vegadas, & fazer donaciones á otros ; qno si por…
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the court was pronounced by
Rost, J.
The plaintiff seeks to annul a donation made by her father to the Ayuntamiento of New Orleans, on account of the inexecution of the conditions alleged to be attached to it. There was judgment for her in the court below, and the defendants have appealed.
On the 20th of April, 1785, Don André Álmonaster y Roxas, the father of the plaintiff, made to the Ayuntamiento of the city of New Orleans, a donation, in these words:
“ Don Andres Almonaster y Roxas puesto a su obediencia, con todo respeto dice : que ha fabricado un hospital para lazarinos con…
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