Castleman v. Smith

Plaintiff sues to set aside an act of donation inter vivos of real and personal property; to be decreed the owner of an undivided interest in the property conveyed by the donation; for a portion of the proceeds of the sale of a part of the property made by the donee; and fqr a proportionate share of the rental value of the real estate retained by her.

The attack is based upon three grounds, viz.: That the donor dispossessed himself of all his property; that the act of donation was not, in notarial form; and that the do-nee failed to perform the conditions of the donation.

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