Legal Opinion

King v. Baker

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided October 15, 1852PublishedCited by 6 opinions

APPEAL from the District Court of the Parish of Ouachita, Sharpe, J. No principle of law is better settled than that, a person will not be allowed to deny the truth of judicial admissions made by him. 1 R. R. 544. 9 R. R. 381. 4 Ann. 293. 4 Ann. 416. 5 Ann. 22. 6 Ann. 719. Greenleaf’s Ev. sec. 22, A party to a bond cannot object, that it is irregular, or that the sheriff had no right in the property.

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APPEAL from the District Court of the Parish of Ouachita, Sharpe, J. No principle of law is better settled than that, a person will not be allowed to deny the truth of judicial admissions made by him. 1 R. R. 544. 9 R. R. 381. 4 Ann. 293. 4 Ann. 416. 5 Ann. 22. 6 Ann. 719. Greenleaf’s Ev. sec. 22, A party to a bond cannot object, that it is irregular, or that the sheriff had no right in the property. In whatever manner one thinks proper to bind himself, he shall be bound. 2 N. S. 672, 3 M. R. 569. 4 N. S. 25, 5 M. R. 194. 4 N. S. 122. 6 N. S. 123. 10 M. R. 197. 3 Ann. 234 By executing the…

1Opinion of the Court

By the court:

Rost, J.

The plaintiff brought suit against 'W. J. Q. Baker, on a bond executed by Ellen A. Crownritch and the said Baker, as her surety, conditioned that certain slaves seized at the suit of the plaintiffs, as the property of John M. Crownritch, the husband of the principal in the bond, should be delivered to the sheriff on the day of sale, which bond had become forfeited by the non-delivery of the slaves at the time stipulated.

The defendant resists the payment of the bond on two grounds: 1st. That there was no legal execution in the hands of the sheriff at the time he took the…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Farr v. EmuySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
  2. Allen v. AllenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1928
  3. Mitchell v. MaxeyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1929
  4. Southwestern Settlement & Development Co. v. RandolphCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922
  5. Louisiana Central Lbr. Co. v. BridgerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1930

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