Brown v. Staples
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; George H. ThSard, Judge. Action by James Brown against M. C. Staples and others, wherein the National Surety Company intervened. From the judgment, intervener appeals.
1Opinion
On the Merits.'
O’NIELL, J.
On the 3d of August, 1910, Mrs. M. C. Staples gave a special mortgage on her vacant lot in favor of Gus Beck, to secure the payment of a note for $5,500 ; and the act was recorded in the mortgage office on that day. Six days later she entered into a contract with E. B. Vasque'z, a contractor, for the building of a residence on the lot. The contract and bond for $2,500, with the National Surety Company as surety for the contractor, were recorded in. the mortgage office on the day they were signed; that is, on the 9th of August, 1910.
The building was completed and…
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