Dupasseur v. Rochereau
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana; the case being thus: Pierre Sauvé, of the city of New Orleans, being indebted to one Rochereau, of the same place, in the sum of $85,000, executed on the 26th of February, 1858, an authentic act of mortgage to him before a notary public, for the security of the debt, upon a sugar plantation in Louisiana, above New Orleans, with all the farming utensils, machinery, cattle, and slaves belonging thereto.
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Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana; the case being thus: Pierre Sauvé, of the city of New Orleans, being indebted to one Rochereau, of the same place, in the sum of $85,000, executed on the 26th of February, 1858, an authentic act of mortgage to him before a notary public, for the security of the debt, upon a sugar plantation in Louisiana, above New Orleans, with all the farming utensils, machinery, cattle, and slaves belonging thereto. The mortgage, shortly after its execution, was duly recorded in the proper office of the parish. On the 15th of-March, 1866, Rochereau ■…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley
Where a State court refuses to give effect to the judgment of a court of the United States rendered upon the point in dispute, and with jurisdiction of the case and the parties, a question is undoubtedly raised which, under the act of 1867, may be brought-to this court for revision. The case would be one in' which a title or right is claimed under an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against the title or right so set up. It would thus be a case arising under the laws of the United States, establishing the Circuit Court and vesting it with jurisdiction; and hence…
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