Avant v. Hodge

This is a suit to cancel a vendor’s mortgage operating against the south half of the southeast quarter of Section thirty-two, T'ownship nineteen north, Range one east, in Union (parish, Louisiana, brought by R. J. Weems, the present owner of the land, and J. L. Avant, who sold the land to Weems under warranty.

Plaintiffs allege that the note for $300.00, given to represent part of the purchase price of the land, has been (paid by the maker but that the maker failed to have the mortgage cancelled.

The suit is against Doctor Wess Hodge, who claims to own the note, and against the clerk of the…