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Atkins v. Johnston

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 22, 1948No. 38494PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAMITER, Justice.

John B. Atkins and Mrs Katherine Adger Atkins, who are husband and wife, and the Commercial National Bank in Shreveport, instituted this suit to enforce specific performance of a contract in which the defendants, Ben T. Johnston and Jack T. Moore, agreed to purchase certain real estate.

By an instrument dated December 29, 1944, the said Mr. and Mrs. Atkins created the John B. Atkins Foundation, a charitable trust, designating the Commercial National Bank in Shreveport the trustee thereof. And to the Foundation they donated 266 lots in Forest Glen Subdivision which is located…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Succession of HaleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1874
  2. Tessier v. RousselSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
  3. Scudder v. HoweSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1892
  4. Guidry v. CaireSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
  5. Quirk v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1909

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  4. Mayfield v. MayfieldLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1987
  5. Sheila Broussard Guidry v. Ave Maria Rosary & Cenacle, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2022

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