Legal Opinion
Jordan v. Smith
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 18, 1946No. 37903PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’NIELL, Chief Justice.
This is a suit on a promissory note for $3,000. It was issued» by Mrs. Mary F. Smith, now deceased, on October 18, 1921, payable on December 9, 1922, to her own order and endorsed by her. The note bears interest at 8% per annum from maturity, contains a stipulation for the payment of 10% attorneys’ fee, and was secured by a mortgage on real estate in Shreveport; but that is not important in this appeal.
Mrs. Smith died intestate on April 3, 1933, leaving as her heirs five sons. One of them, Joseph B. Smith, who inherited one-fifth of his mother’s estate, died in April…
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- Peavy-Byrnes Lumber Co. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1936
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