Neeb v. LASTRAPES

SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, Judge.

|20n appeal, defendants/appellants challenge the trial court’s ruling that an oral contract of sale occurred. For the reasons that follow, we vacate the March 5, 2010 judgment, reinstate the January 15, 2010 judgment, and reverse.

On or about September 13, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of the Gulf Coast, John Lastrapes contacted Anne Neeb through email to discuss purchasing Neeb’s house on Smith Drive in Metairie, Louisiana. 1 In an email to Lastrapes dated September 15, 2005, Mrs. Neeb, who was listed as the sole owner of the property,…