Legal Opinion

West Louisiana Bank v. Dawson

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 26, 1923No. 24020PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from, Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Ascension; , Philip H. Gilbert, Judge. Action by the West Louisiana Bank against ¡M. A. Dawson. Prom an order granting ex-ecutory process on a mortgage, defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtOverton, J.

This is an appeal by defendant from an order granting executory process on a mortgage executed by him to secure the payment of a promissory note for $25,000. The note was made by defendant to his own order and was, by him, indorsed in blank. Several reasons are urged as to why executory process should not have been granted, an-d as to why the order granting it should be annulled and set aside. It is necessary, however, to consider only one of those reasons, and. that reason is that the mortgage was not executed in authentic form.

The act recites that—

“Before me. Turner Williams, a notary…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Mossler Acceptance Co. v. OsborneLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1943
  2. Union Securities Co. v. NealLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1928
  3. Demasi v. Whitney Trust & Savings BankLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1937
  4. Ducote v. DucoteLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
  5. Thomas v. ThomasLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1953

1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API