BROWN v. LANCASTER

No. 39841.

51 So.2d 617 (1951)

218 La. 1036

BROWN v. LANCASTER et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 19, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. L. Warren Woodville and A. H. Reed, New Orleans, for plaintiff and appellant.

Louis G. Lemle, H. Martin Hunley, Jr., Lemle & Kelleher, all of New Orleans, for heirs of Dr. John T. Capo, amici curiae.

Lester J. Sarpy, New Orleans, for John R. Ruiz and Lester F. Hyman, defendants-appellees.


LE BLANC, Justice.

This is a suit for specific performance of a certain contract for the sale and purchase of real estate. The contract was entered into between the plaintiff and the defendant, Samuel B. Lancaster, on August 23, 1946. The property to be conveyed is a lot of ground in Metairie, with improvements thereon, bearing Municipal Number 150 Gruner Road.

Lester F. Hyman, in whose name title to the property stood at the time suit was filed, and John...

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