J. COHEN JEWELERS v. SUCCESSION OF JUMONVILLE

No. 85 CA 1524.

506 So.2d 535 (1987)

JULIUS COHEN JEWELER, INC. v. SUCCESSION OF John E. JUMONVILLE, Sr., Barbara Nations Jumonville and John E. Jumonville, Jr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis B. Muroy, McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini & Lang, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

David M. Ellison, Jr., Ellison & Smith, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees.

Before EDWARDS, WATKINS and LeBLANC, JJ.


WATKINS, Judge.

Plaintiff, a jeweler, brought this lawsuit to recover the balance due on a sale of jewelry to former Louisiana State Senator John E. Jumonville, Sr. The Senator's Succession defended on the ground that the senator was mentally incapable of contracting to buy the jewelry. The jeweler appeals from the trial court's judgment in favor of the Succession. We reverse.

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