Peets v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
WESTERN Dis. APPEAL PROM TUB • COURT OP THE TENTE DISTRICT POR THE PARISH OP-CLAIBORNE, JUDGE CAMPBELL PRESIDING. This is an action of mortgage. The plaintiff alleges he is, the assignee and transferree of a mortgage on two half-quarter sections of land, executed by one R. Stiles to Canfield & Drake to secure them against their endorsements on two notes of his and that said mortgage was given to secure the payment of said notes.
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WESTERN Dis. APPEAL PROM TUB • COURT OP THE TENTE DISTRICT POR THE PARISH OP-CLAIBORNE, JUDGE CAMPBELL PRESIDING. This is an action of mortgage. The plaintiff alleges he is, the assignee and transferree of a mortgage on two half-quarter sections of land, executed by one R. Stiles to Canfield & Drake to secure them against their endorsements on two notes of his and that said mortgage was given to secure the payment of said notes. The debt claimed amounts to $458, for which he prays, judgment against Wilson on his said mortgage, and that the land be sold to satisfy the debt. Wilson claimed the…
1Opinion of the CourtMorphy, J.
delivered the'opinion of the court.
*479This is an hypothecary action by which a tract of land held \>y defendant as a third possessor is sought to he made liable for two notes amounting together to $458 38, drawn by one Richard Stiles to the order of Rueben Drake and Martin Can-field, and by them endorsed over to the present plaintiff after maturity. This transfer took place on the 12th of February, 1838, and suit was immediately brought .on them by attachment against the maker, Richard Stiles. On the 16th of January, 1839, Richard Stiles was prevailed on by Drake & Canfield to give them a…
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