Gandy v. Cornelius

This suit was instituted to recover on a note for $260 and 10 per cent, attorney’s fees, which note was alleged to be secured by a mortgage lien on three mules, fully described in the petition. The petition refers to an attached mortgage as “Exhibit A,” but it is not in the record. The petition prayed for a judgment on the note and foreclosure of the lien, and’sale of property in satisfaction thereof. It prayed for a writ of sequestration to issue to take possession of the property. It did not allege the value of the property. Its prayer is in the usual form of such petitions, but is not…