Gabert v. St. Tammany Yacht Club

The defendant has appealed from a judgment annulling an act of conveyance made by the plaintiffs to the defendant of a lot of ground in Mandeville.

The deed was made in the form of a cash sale for $300, but it was intended to be — ■ and was in fact- — a donation of the land as a site for a clubhouse. One of the plaintiffs, Mrs. Augusta Gabert, a widow, residing in Mandeville, owned the lot jointly with her son and four daughters. The son lived in Birmingham, Ala.; one of the daughters lived in Mandeville; two lived in New Orleans; and one in St. Charles parish. Mrs. Gabert’s purpose in making…