Elliott v. Dupuy

135 So.2d 54 (1961)

242 La. 173

Mrs. Marie Amlie Dupuy ELLIOTT et al.

v.

August C. DUPUY et al.

No. 45595.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 6, 1961.

Rehearing Denied December 11, 1961.

Maurice G. Indest, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-applicants.

Reginald T. Badeaux, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Plaintiffs instituted this suit for specific performance of two contracts in which they had agreed to purchase and defendants had agreed to sell certain land.[1] Alternatively they prayed for damages for breach of contract. The suit was dismissed by the district court on…