Fortier v. Slidell
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the District Court of theFirst District, Buchanan, J. cited Febrero Add., part 2, vol. 3, Nos. 4.11 to 421, pp. 538 to 546, 5th ed.
1Opinion of the CourtMorphy, J.
On the 10th of February, 1840, the petitioner became the purchaser, at a sheriff’s sale, of one undivided sixth part of a sugar plantation and fifty-five slaves, belonging to James Puech, in the parish of Plaquemines, for the sum of $3600, at a credit of twelve months. The property thus adjudicated to him was subject to two general mortgages resulting from a judgment in favor of John Slidell, and one in favor of the successions 0f Mr. and Mrs. Daquin. The Sheriff left in the hands of the purchaser $3270, which was the amount of a special mortgage held by the Union Bank, and received the…
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