Brooks v. Walker

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

King, J.

The plaintiff Brooks and W Walker were the joint owners of a tract of land. Walker died, and a sale of the land was made under an order of the Court of Probates, for the purpose of effecting a partition. The terms of the sale required that the purchaser should give his notes, secured by a special mortgage on the land. Brooks became the purchaser at the public sale, and gave his three notes for one-half of the price payable to the administrator of the deceased, and identified with the sale by the paraph of the parish judge. A partial payment…