Evans v. Grand Temple Court Patrons of Husbandry

Citations

• 11 Teiss. 52
• 1913 La. App. LEXIS 120

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>1. No forfeiture can be allowed unless the right thereto be clear beyond a doubt.</p> <p>2. The word “revert” is not synonymous with “forfeit.” The latter is of broader application and may include any property whencesoever derived, the. loss of which is incurred by some fault or failure of the owner; but the word “revert” means to come back to the source from which derived, and applies to such property only as was derived from, or granted by, the one to whose benefit the reversion enures.</p>