Legal Opinion

Hillard v. Taylor

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 4, 1905No. 15,428Published

Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish, of Orleans; Thomas C. W. Ellis, Judge. Action by C. J. Hillard, against J. D. Taylor (Rachel L. Benton and others intervening). Judgment for plaintiff, and interveners appeal.

1Opinion

On the Merits.

PROVOSTY, J.

The matter before the court is a third opposition filed in this suit, the suit itself being an executory process. The question is whether the petition of third opposition shows a cause of action. The third opponents are the widow and the daughter of Edw. B. Benton. They allege that their said husband and father put the property against which the executory process has issued — then his, now theirs — in the. name of Jos. D. Taylor, and that the latter, while the property stood of record in his *891name, made two notes, of $5,000, each, to his own order, and by him…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Collins v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Levy v. FordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
  3. Pertuit v. DamareSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1898
  4. Smith's Heirs v. BluntSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1831
  5. Saloy v. Hibernia National BankSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1887

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