Hyde v. Barron
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides; W. F. Blackman, Judge. Action by William A. Hyde against Thomas C. Barron. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
Plaintiff instituted this suit to have a sale decreed null on the ground of lesion beyond moiety.
One hundred dollars was the purchase price for the merchantable pine timber standing on 160 acres of land.
The year 1914 was the time fixed to cut down and haul away the timber.
Plaintiff’s complaint is that he was poor *229and in necessitous condition, and was by it forced to sell his land.
Plaintiff on the 1st of October, 1907, tendered the $100 purchase price, interest, and cost, and a short time thereafter instituted this suit.
The defendant admits that he bought the right to cut timber described in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Demaret v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1852
- Smith v. Huie-Hodge Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
- Beale v. RickerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1852
3Cited by17 opinions
- Cooley v. Meridian Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
- Coyle v. AllenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1929
- Evergreen Plantation, Inc. v. ZunamonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
- Foos v. CreaghanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
- Simmons v. Tremont Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
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