Wolf v. Edwards

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Blanchard, J.

This is a proceeding via ordinaria for the collection of a mortgage note of seven thousand dollars, with interest, attorney’s fees, etc. Judgment for the amount of the note is asked, with recognition and enforcement of the special mortgage securing the same.

The defense, in effect, is that the defendant was non compos mentis when she executed the note and mortgage; that soon thereafter she was interdicted; that the judgment of interdiction was duly published; that Geo. A. Hero, from whom the plaintiff acquired the note, was, by his…