In Louisiana, if a seller sells a $200,000 home for $60,000, the seller’s heir may challenge the sale under which remedy?

• A. Rescission
• B. Duress
• C. Lesion Beyond Moiety
• D. Specific performance

Answer: (C)

The key idea is a Louisiana-specific remedy for undervalued sales of immovable property called lesion beyond moiety. This remedy lets a seller or the seller’s heirs challenge a sale when the price paid is far below the property's value, protecting the seller from being taken advantage of in a real estate deal.

Here, the home is worth $200,000 but was sold for $60,000. That price is well below half the value (half would be $100,000). Because the sale price falls more than moiety beneath the true value, the heirs can invoke lesion beyond moiety to contest the transaction, potentially leading to rescission of the sale or adjustment to reflect the actual value.

Other options don’t fit as well. Rescission is broader and not limited to the undervalued-immo sale scenario, duress requires coercion, and specific performance would compel completion of the sale rather than address the inequitable undervaluation.