State ex rel. Braswell v. Hallam
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Porter Parker, Judge. Petition by the State, on the relation of E. R. Braswell, for a writ of mandamus against Mrs. A. M. Hallam and others. From a judgment allowing the peremptory writ, defendant Hallam appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
By Division B, composed of Justices O’NIELL, LAND, and BAKER.
O’NIELL, J.
This is a mandamus proceeding to compel the register of conveyances to cancel the inscription of an affidavit made by Mrs. A. M: Hallam and recorded at her instance. The affidavit, which is copied in relator’s petition, is to the effect that one Leon Jacobs, on the 11th of November, 1910. accepted in waiting an offer made by Mrs. Ilallam to buy from him certain property described in the affidavit; that Jacobs refused to carry out Ms contract; and that Mrs. HallanJ placed the affidavit on record as her claim to the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Macheca v. DunnSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1921
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