Perot v. Chambers
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the District Court of Natchitoches, Taylor, J. contended that the act of sale, under which plaintiffs claim a privilege, was properly registered, citing 6 Mart. N. S. 118. 2 La. 275. 7 La. 478. 6 Rob. 58.
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the court was pronounced by
Rute, J.
The plaintiffs mortgaged to the Exchange Bank a tract of land and several slaves, to secure the re-payment of a bond given by tnem for a loan of 352,800. Subsequently they sold the land to Brazeale Sp Sewell for 352,000, by a public act passed before the parish judge, in whose office it was duly recorded in the book of alienations. The purchasers assured the payment of the mortgage to the bank, and received from the plaintiffs 35800, the difference between the price of the land and the mortgage assumed. On the day following the sale Brazeale…
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