CHAUVIN v. BOHN

No. 81-C-2139.

411 So.2d 442 (1982)

John Kent CHAUVIN v. C. Robert BOHN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied April 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward F. Wegmann and Geoffrey H. Longenecker, of Wegmann & Longenecker, New Orleans, for defendant-applicant.

Dudley D. Flanders, of Flanders & Flanders, New Orleans, for plaintiff-respondent.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

The central issue presented in this case is whether a notation on the back of a personal check given to the vendor of a residence as a down payment suffices as a written contract to buy an immovable.

The facts are as follows:

Plaintiff-vendor, John Kent Chauvin, placed his residence in the Willowdale Subdivision in Luling, Louisiana, up for sale in the summer of 1976. On Sunday, August 15, 1976, defendant-vendee, C. Robert Bohn...

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