Burckhart Sanz v. Zeda

The appellants inherited an urban property from their mother. While they were still minors 1 and under the patria po testas of their father, the latter petitioned the district court for authority to borrow $5,000 in the name of the minors and to execute as security therefor a mortgage on the said' property. The petition recited that the property was presently subject to he mortgages of $1,000 and $917.20 which had been executed pursuant to previous judicial authorization; that suits to foreclose these two mortgages had been filed; that this loan was necessary to pay these mortgage debts or…