Commissioner of Insurance for the State v. Terrell

LMARVIN, Chief Judge.

After instituting executory process to enforce an “authentic act of mortgage” on a Caddo Parish residential lot, the Commissioner appeals a judgment ranking the mortgage below tax liens and judgments against the debtor which were recorded in the mortgage records before the mortgage was recorded. The judgment was rendered on the Commissioner’s rule to “Rank Mortgages, Liens and Privileges” that was filed after the Commissioner was notified of the ranking by Caddo Parish authorities.

The Commissioner contends that because his predecessor in interest, a life insurance…