Pons v. Yazoo & M. V. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Eighth Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson; Prentice Ellis Edrington, Judge. Petitory action by Carmelite Pons, wife of George A. Louque, against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a petitory action to recover the Lafreniere Plantation, and to declare the title of the defendant company null and void. This title was acquired on August 27, 1898, by Hunter C. Leake acting as agent of the defendant company at a judicial sale made in certain executory proceedings styled “Hunter C. Leake v. George A. Louque,” in the district court of the parish of Jefferson.
The petition alleges that the said executory proceedings and sale were null and void because the mortgage sought to be enforced had been extinguished by payment of the principal obligation. At'the date of said sale…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Lehman, Abraham & Co. v. LevySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1878
- Brown v. SmytheSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1888
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