Bonnette v. Wise
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Grant; W. E. Blackman, Judge. Action by Grace T. Bonnette against H. A. Wise. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a suit brought for the purpose of having two sales of lots in the town of Pollock, La., made by Mrs. Bonnette and her former husband to defendant, decreed to be a mortgage. The petition alleges that, considered as sales, said transfers “were null for lesion beyond moiety,” but that they “were not sales, but were intended •as a mortgage of this property to secure the debt of six hundred and fifty dollars.”
The answer of the defendant is to the effect that, as shown by the recorded Counter letter, the conveyances were valid sales with the pact of redemption, for a fair price, and…
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