Pior v. Giddens

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Blanchard, J.

In March, 1889, D. M. Giddens contracted a loan of money from the plaintiff and to secure payment thereof executed ■a mortgage on certain lands forming what is known as “the Sprowls Place ” in Red River parish.

This debt remaining unsettled, an action was brought in 1893 to -enforce its payment.

A short time prior to the filing of that suit Giddens made what purported to be a final settlement with his sons, R. A. and A. S. Giddens, whose tutor he had been, in which settlement he delivered to them, as their inheritance, along with other…