Thornhill v. Burthe
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Eleventh Judicial District Court, parish of Claiborne. ' Trimble, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Manning, C. J.
Thomas H. Brown sold a tract of land in Claiborne Xiarish to J. A. Chaleson on the twenty-ninth of January, 1866, and retained a special mortgage upon it to secure the price. There is nothing in this badly-prepared transcript to shew that this deed was ever recorded. Appended to it is the statement by B. D. Harrison, deputy recorder, that one of the witnesses to the deed had appeared, before him, and made oath to its execution, which statement is dated January thirtieth, 1866, but there is no certificate that it had been recorded. All the…
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