Parker v. Talbot

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Pochb, J.

Plaintiff claims the ownership of a piece of immovable property, (now in the possession of defendant) by right of purchase by authentic sale, under date of August 7, 1878, from Miss Mary Talbot, since deceased. . ,

Defendant, who is the executor of the succession of Mary Talbot, his sister, and her universal legatee, and who claims to be a creditor, resists her demand on the following grounds :

*231. That her purchase is a mere simulation.

2. That if the sale was not simulated, it is null, for lesion beyond moiety.

3. That plaintiff has failed to pay…