Case Name: A. Levy vs. Martin Poindexter
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1885
Citations: 1 Gunby 59
Docket Number: 
Parties: A. Levy vs. Martin Poindexter.
Judges: 
Reporter: Legal points decided by the Second circuit court of Louisiana (Gunby's Reports)
Volume: 1
Pages: 59–60

Head Matter:
A. Levy vs. Martin Poindexter.

Opinion:
Mayo, J.
Where defendant sold his land to plaintiff in payment of certain debts, but retained possession thereof, the deed expressing that he should have the right to redeem within three years, on payment of the debt due with eight per cent, interest, and further stipulating that he was to pay rent each year, which should be credited on the debt due, until the same was fully paid, when the property should- be deeded back to him, such a contract is neither a sale nor a giving in payment; it is an in-nominate hypothecary contract given to secure the pavment of a debt. 5 An. 99; 12 An. 529; 23 An. 665.
2.Such a contract may estop the defendant from pleading the homestead right, but he may show its true nature by parol.