Haas v. Johnson

ROGERS, Justice.

This is a proceeding via ordinaria on seven promissory notes executed by the three defendants and secured by mortgage and vendor’s privilege. Plaintiffs prayed for judgment for $12,737.50, the principal of the notes, with interest, attorney’s fees and costs, subject to certain credits, and for recognition of the special mortgage and vendor’s privilege upon the property described in the petition. The defendants filed a plea of five years’ prescription liberandi causa, which was referred to the merits. Thereafter defendants filed their answer in which they reurged the plea of…