Sigrest v. Singletary

COVINGTON, Chief Judge.

Defendant appeals the decision of the trial court in plaintiffs’ favor in this declaratory judgment action to recognize ownership of immovable property. The plaintiffs are the five children of Woodson Single-tary, who died intestate on August 3, 1981; the defendant is the widow of the decedent, his second wife. The controversy focuses on the validity of an oral sale from decedent’s brother to decedent of the property in question, and the effect of a later written and recorded sale of the same by decedent’s brother to the defendant.

I. Oral Sale of Immovable Property

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