BURNS v. CLUTTER

No. 2008 CA 2082.

15 So.3d 251 (2009)

Succession of Gladys M. BURNS v. Tasia Stavros Burns CLUTTER, Gerald Louis Burns and Melba Donaldson Burns.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Harrison, Jr., Watson, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant, Alma Burns, in her capacity as executrix of the Succession of Gladys M. Burns.

Eric Oliver Person, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees, Gerald Louis Burns and Melba Burns.

Before KUHN, GUIDRY, and GAIDRY, JJ.


GUIDRY, J.

A succession representative appeals a judgment denying the succession's claim to a certain parcel of land based on the representative's attempt to exercise a right of first refusal granted to the decedent. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

According to the petition, an act of cash sale was executed on November 25, 1977, wherein Gladys M. Burns and Patric W. Burns sold a 30-acre tract of land in Livingston...

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