HICKMAN v. BATES

No. 39,178-CA.

889 So.2d 1249 (2004)

Patricia Dianne HICKMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee/Appellant, v. James Keith BATES and Sheila Quick Bates, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 15, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bethard & Bethard, L.L.P. by James G. Bethard, Coushatta, for Defendants.

C. Calvin Adams, Jr., Tallulah, for Plaintiff.

Before BROWN, CARAWAY and LOLLEY, JJ.


CARAWAY, J.

In this case, the plaintiff's inherited interest in her mother's former community property was sold by plaintiff to her cousin and his wife at the urging of her father. Plaintiff brings this action to rescind the sale transactions for fraud and lesion. The trial court found that the twenty-year-old plaintiff was paid only $500 for her one-half interest in approximately 280 acres of land in reliance upon her father's and cousin's assertions and representations...

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