Southern Land Recovery Corp. v. Pellerin

SAVOY, Judge.

Plaintiff, as agent for the heirs of Mrs. Ophelia Thibodeaux Begnaud Castilie, filed suit against defendants, the heirs of Anatole Castilie, Jr., to have declared null and void (1) act of donation from Mrs. Castilie to her son, Anatole, Jr., dated October 26, 1900; and (2) act of sale between Mrs. Castilie and Anatole, Jr., dated June 14, 1901.

After a trial on the merits, the district judge held that both the act of donation and the act of sale were valid. Plaintiff has appealed to this Court.

We shall first discuss the act of donation, for if we decide the donation is valid, we…