Lagrange v. Barre
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the District Court of the First District, Buchanan, J. Lagrange, the petitioner, represents that, on the 16th of September, 1834, he made to Zephyrin Barré, by public act, a donation inter vivos of all he possessed, to wit, a tract of land and five slaves, on the condition that the donee should furnish him with food, bedding, clothes, fire, lights and medical attendance, free of any charge, during the petitioner’s life.
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Appeal from the District Court of the First District, Buchanan, J. Lagrange, the petitioner, represents that, on the 16th of September, 1834, he made to Zephyrin Barré, by public act, a donation inter vivos of all he possessed, to wit, a tract of land and five slaves, on the condition that the donee should furnish him with food, bedding, clothes, fire, lights and medical attendance, free of any charge, during the petitioner’s life. That on the 25th of December, 1839, Z. Barré died, leaving certain heirs and a widow in community, the defendants in the present action; that since Barré’s death,…
1Opinion of the CourtSimon, J.
The object of this controversy, is to obtain the revocation and nullity of an act of donation inter vivos, executed by the plaintiff in favor of the defendants’ ancestor, on the 16th of September, 1834. He, therefore, demands that all the property by him given to the deceased, be restored to his possession and ownership; that he may be compensated for the rents and profits, wages and interest which said property may have yielded during the time he was deprived of its enjoyment; and that the defendants be also condemned to pay him $ 1,500 damages.
The defendants answered that the donation was…
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