Voinche v. Town of Marksville

Citations

• 124 La. 712
• 50 So. 662
• 1909 La. LEXIS 534

Syllabus

<p>1. Dedication (§ 64*) — Revocation of Donation-Abandonment of Use.</p> <p>Where a lot was donated to a town for the sole purpose of the establishment of a public market, and the corporation, after erecting a market house on the lot and establishing a public market thereon, abandoned the premises and converted a portion of the same into a public street, held, that there was legal cause for revocation for nonperformance of the charges or obligations imposed on the donee.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p> <p>2. Donations — Revocation and Rescission —Statutes — Construction — “Conditions.”</p> <p>The word “conditions,” as used in Civ. Code, art. 1559, providing for the revocation of donations for nonfulfillment of eventual conditions, is synonymous with the word “charges”; and when a donation contains charges, it is considered as made under the condition that it may be dissolved, or revoked, if they are not executed.</p> <p>For other definitions, see Words and Phrases, vol. 2, pp. 1394r-1400.]</p>