Cox's Executors v. Thomas
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Western Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OE THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF ST. MARTIN, THE JUDGE OF THE SIXTH PRESIDING.
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Western Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OE THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF ST. MARTIN, THE JUDGE OF THE SIXTH PRESIDING. This case was commenced by a petition, concluding with a prayer, that the defendant be cited and ruled, to show cause why a certain judgment, revised by the Supreme Court, should not be made absolute and unconditional against him, and execution ordered to issue thereon, and to have the same satisfied according to the import and tenor of said judgment. The facts of the case show, that at the September term, 1836, of this court, sitting at Opelousas, a judgment was…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
This court, at its last September term, in Opelousas, rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiffs’ testator, against Rees and the present defendant, his surety, with a stay of execution as to the latter, until a tract of land mortgaged by Rees, should be seized and sold to satisfy the judgment.
The present suit was brought, on a suggestion, that the tract of land in question, had theretofore been sold, and the proceeds absorbed by a prior mortgage, and in order to have the judgment of this court made absolute, so as to obtain *369execution against the defendant. Judgment was accordingly rendered,…
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