Liberty Bank & Trust Co. v. Jackson

BECKER, Judge.

First Federal Savings Bank of New Orleans appeals an award of an attorney’s fee to the seizing creditor’s attorney in a foreclosure suit. We affirm.

On December 31, 1981 Yvonne and Bernard Dawson executed a $60,000.00 collateral mortgage in favor of Liberty Bank and Trust Company affecting a house in New Orleans. On June 21, 1985 the Dawsons executed a $136,800.00 mortgage on the same property in favor of Bayou Federal Savings and Loan Association which, by merger, is now First Federal. On August 2, 1985, the Dawsons sold this property to Solomon Gill who assumed the First…