Bachemin v. Chaperon

This is a revocatory action to set aside a sale alleged to be. simulated, and made with the intention of defrauding plaintiff, a creditor of the vendor.

The defendant was the vendee ; and there is a prayer for nullity of the sale, and for general relief.

On the trial in the court below, the plaintiff’s counsel requested the court to charge the jury, that when the vendor continues in the corporeal possession of the thing sold, the sale is presumed fraudulent; and, also, that if the jury finds that Jacques & Theodule Bachemin, Jr., have continued in the possession of the property in question, the…