Nougué v. Clapp
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
This is a bill in chancery, which was dismissed by the decree of the court below for want, of jurisdiction.
The bill, though very informal, sets out certain proceedings in the State court of Louisiana for the parish of St. John the Baptist, under which real property on which the complainant held a mortgage for a large amount had been sold, which, if permitted to stand, cut off the lien of his mortgage. These proceedings were based ostensibly on notes and mortgages given by himself to one Emory Clapp for the purchase-money of the property. The bill alleges, however, that Sehexueyder Brothers,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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