CLARKE v. BRECHEEN

No. 13492.

387 So.2d 1297 (1980)

Mary Elizabeth CLARKE v. Frank Henry BRECHEEN.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 4, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashton L. Stewart, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant, Mary Elizabeth Clarke (deceased) and Ivia U. Anderson, as executrix.

Walton J. Barnes, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee, Frank Henry Brecheen.

Before COVINGTON, LOTTINGER and COLE, JJ.


LOTTINGER, Judge.

The plaintiff, Miss Mary E. Clarke, brought this suit to revoke a donation of immovable property which she made to the defendant, Frank H. Brecheen, in 1972. From a trial court judgment upholding the validity of the donation, the plaintiff appeals.

Two major issues are before us on appeal:

1. Was the consideration given by the defendant for the donation so insufficient that the formula of La.C.C. art. 1526, and therefore the rules...

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