Williams v. Holloway
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. APTBAL FROM THE COURT OF TIIE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF ST. HELENA, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. This is an action to enforce a mortgage against a tract of land in the possession of tbe defendant as third possessor. The latter holds tbe premises in virtue of a sheriff’s sale. On tbe trial, the defendant offered in evidence, the record of the proceedings and judgment under which the land was sold, in support of his title.
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Eastern Dist. APTBAL FROM THE COURT OF TIIE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF ST. HELENA, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. This is an action to enforce a mortgage against a tract of land in the possession of tbe defendant as third possessor. The latter holds tbe premises in virtue of a sheriff’s sale. On tbe trial, the defendant offered in evidence, the record of the proceedings and judgment under which the land was sold, in support of his title. The transcript purported to be the proceedings and final judgment of a suit, between one Wm. Robinson and Samuel Lanier. The plaintiff’s…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The plaintiff and appellant had placed this case before us bn a bill of exceptions. At the trial, the defendant offered in evidence, a paper purporting to be the record of the final judgment rendered in the case of Robinson vs. Lanier. The plaintiff objected to its going to the jury, on the grounds that it was not a copy of the judgment, but merely a transcript of the judgment docket, and the judgment does not appear to have been signed by the judge, and contains not the reasons on which it was rendered, nor a reference to any law. The objection was overruled, and the plaintiff took his bill…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Succession of AsbridgeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1846