HOLCOMB v. BAKER

No. 16599-CA.

459 So.2d 158 (1984)

Della Mae Warren HOLCOMB and Gladys Jean Holcomb McAllister, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Catherine Sue Hickingbottom BAKER and Carolyn Hickingbottom Crumpton, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied December 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kidd & Kidd by Paul Henry Kidd, Jr., Monroe, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh by Paul D. Spillers, Monroe, for defendants-appellees.

Before HALL, MARVIN and FRED W. JONES, Jr., JJ.


FRED W. JONES, Jr., Judge.

This case involved an attempt to set aside an inter vivos donation of immovable property made by Arthur C. Holcomb, now deceased, to Catherine Baker and Carolyn Crumpton, his two stepdaughters. The plaintiffs in the action are decedent's mother, Delia Holcomb, and sister, Gladys Holcomb McAllister. The trial judge refused to annul the donation and assigned written reasons.

The plaintiffs' appeal is based on four principles of law...

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