EMILE v. RUIZ

No. 640.

144 So.2d 479 (1962)

Mrs. Irene HOOPER, Widow of Joseph EMILE v. John E. RUIZ.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

September 17, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo L. Dubourg, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

John D. Ponder, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before HARDY, WOODS and DIXON, JJ.


WILLIAM F. WOODS, Judge.

This is an action by Irene Hooper, widow of Joseph Emile, an 84-year old colored woman, against John E. Ruiz to annul the sale of a house and lot located at 2609 Soniat Street in the City of New Orleans. The plaintiff relies on two grounds for an annulment of the sale, the first being that her signature to the act of sale was obtained by fraud and error in that she thought she was signing an act of mortgage at the time;

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