Bank of Berwick v. George Vinson Shingle & Mfg. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; C. A. O’Niell, Judge. Action by the Bank of Berwick and others against the George Vinson Shingle & Manufacturing Company, Limited, and others. From judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
One of the plaintiffs, J. H. Menge & Sons, creditor of Theodore A. Thorguson, who was‘a debtor of the George Vinson Shingle & Manufacturing Company, Limited (hereafter for brevity’s sake the Vinson Company), alleged the invalidity of a loan and a mortgage to secure it, made by the Vinson Company, . and instituted this action to annul the loan, and to have the mortgage decreed a nullity. The grounds are that prior to Thorguson’s death he borrowed from the Vinson Company $5,000, represented by a promissory note, secured by mortgage upon his late wife’s property.
Plaintiff’s complaint is that the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bank of Berwick v. George Vinson Shingle & Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
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