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1 Mann. Unrep. Cas. 285

Ramsey v. Post

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided July 1, 1880

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1880-07-01

Graham, J. The suit was for the price of a tract of land, and the defence that the vendor, who is the plaintiff, had no title. Evidence in support of this defence was excluded on the ground that a vendee is not allowed to attack his vendor’s title, unless he avers that he has been evicted, or that he is threatened with eviction.

Decided 1880-07-01

De Blanc, J.

¶1That doctrine is still justly adhered to, when the transmitted title is merely defective; but it has been correctly held that one who has acquired from a vendor, who, it is charged, never *286had a title to the transferred property, has cause to apprehend that he shall be disquieted in his possession, and may suspend the payment of the price, unless he was — before the sale —informed of the danger of an impending eviction. Here, as elsewhere, the sale of property belonging to another is a nullity, and here — as elsewhere— where there is no title, there ever was, there is, there hangs a perpetual threat of disturbance, a perpetual danger of eviction. 29 A. 663; C. C. 2452 (2427).

¶2If Ramsey had no title to the land sold, his claim for the price cannot be enforced; if he had, defendants have failed to substantiate any one of the defences urged against Ms demand. To ascertain whether he had or had not acquired the disputed title, the evidence should have been admitted.

¶3Judgment reversed and case remanded.

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