Legal Opinion

Hamilton v. Moore

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 30, 1914No. 19830PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Certiorari to Court of Appeal, Parish of Union. Certiorari by George W. Moore, to review a judgment of the Court of Appeals, parish of Union, which affirmed a judgment for the plaintiff in an action by Mrs. Barbara D. Hamilton against George W. Moore.

1Opinion of the CourtProto Sty, J.

Plaintiff sues to have a ■cash sale, absolute on its face, made by her to the defendant, of improved real estate decreed-to have been a contract of security for .a debt of her husband, and as such null, and to have the inscription of same in the book ■of conveyances of the clerk’s office erased.

She does not allege error, nor fraud, nor marital coercion, nor inadequacy of price, ■but simply that the real nature of the continued in possession and has done so up to the present time.

L1] An. exception of no cause of action was filed, and of course was properly overruled, since any contract by…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Douglass v. DouglassSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1899
  2. Caldwell v. TrezevantSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
  3. Leblanc v. BouchereauSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1861
  4. Chaffe v. OliverSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1881
  5. Delahoussaye v. DumartraitSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1840

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Cook v. CrowLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1939
  2. Jackson v. ShawSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
  3. Louisiana Truck & Orange Land Co. v. PageSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
  4. Carter v. BoldenLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1930
  5. Sharpe v. HayesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1937

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