BROUSSARD v. KETCHENS

No. 42667.

91 So.2d 775 (1956)

231 La. 508

Odelon W. BROUSSARD v. James M. KETCHENS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 10, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moss & Graham, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

Herschel N. Knight, Jennings, for plaintiff-appellee.


HAWTHORNE, Justice.

On January 29, 1951, Odelon W. Broussard sold to James M. Ketchens by warranty deed for $4,500 a tract of land stipulated to contain 45 acres and situated within the corporate limits of the City of Jennings, Parish of Jefferson Davis, Louisiana. In December, 1953, Broussard instituted this suit against the purchaser Ketchens to set aside the sale for lesion beyond moiety or, alternatively, for fraud. After trial on the merits the district judge...

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