Briant v. Lyons

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Manning, C. J.

The plaintiff executed a mortgage on the twelfth of April, 1873, to'secure' Nalle & Cammack, and other parties, the payment of four notes, each for 12222 22, with interest. The property mortgaged is the sugar plantation of plaintiff in the parish of Terrebonne, and contains 417 acres of land. After the maturity of the notes, and upon their non-payment, executory process-was issued at the instance of Nalle & Cammack, who had become the holders of all of the notes, and on the seventh of March, 1874, Briant, the debtor and mortgagor,…