Pidgeon v. Pidgeon

| ¡¿Hattie M. Pidgeon appealed a summary judgment in favor of Tower Credit, Inc. (Tower) that (1) annulled a prior judgment in favor of Mrs. Pidgeon and (2) dismissed Mrs. Pidgeon’s reconventional demand. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 1990, Mrs. Pidgeon granted her son, Mark Allen Pidgeon, a usufruct over seven lots, “with all buildings and improvements thereon,” owned by Mrs. Pidgeon in East Baton Parish. In 1999, after Mark failed to pay a promissory note held by Tower, Tower obtained a judgment against Mark, and recorded that judgment in the public record of East Baton Rouge…