Jolivet v. Chaves
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Action by Victorin Jolivet against Francesca Chaves and others. Judgment for plaintiff was reversed by the Court of Appeal, parish of Lafayette, and he applies for certiorari or writ of review.
1Opinion of the CourtNicholls, J.
In his petition to the district court plaintiff averred: That he was the true and lawful owner of certain described property. That on the 17th day of February, 1886, he pledged said property to the commercial firm of Gerac Bros., a copartnership composed of Jean Gerac and Pierre •Gerac, to secure pre-existing indebtedness to said firm amounting to the sum of $192.29. That said pledge was embodied and set forth in a certain act executed before Crow Girard, notary public, which, in form, purported to be a vente a, réméré, and which was recorded in the recorder’s office of .this parish under No.…
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