Watson v. Bondurant
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for tbe District of Louisiana. Walter Bondurant brought this action against one Watson, in the court below, to recover possession of a lot of land containing one hundred and sixty acres, in the parish of Tensas, Louisiana. The ease was thus: Daniel Bondurant, owning a large plantation in the said parish of Tensas, died intestate, leaving three sons, Horace, Albert, and John, and also a grandson, the plaintiff, then an infant, and coheir with them.
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Error to the Circuit Court for tbe District of Louisiana. Walter Bondurant brought this action against one Watson, in the court below, to recover possession of a lot of land containing one hundred and sixty acres, in the parish of Tensas, Louisiana. The ease was thus: Daniel Bondurant, owning a large plantation in the said parish of Tensas, died intestate, leaving three sons, Horace, Albert, and John, and also a grandson, the plaintiff, then an infant, and coheir with them. In 1852 the sons sued for a partition, and a decree of sale was ordered. A sale was made, and the sons bid off the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley
Without adverting to the other questions raised by the defendant, we are of opinion that the court erred in declining to allow the objection as to the want of seizure under the execution. The law of Louisiana seems to us very clearly to require an actual seizure in the country parishes. The parishes of Orleans and Jefferson are an exception, and that very exception makes the existence .of the rule in other parishes more clear and distinct. The act of 1867 declares that in the parishes of Jefferson and Orleans “the registry in the mortgage office shall be deemed and considered as the seizure…
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