Patterson v. De La Ronde
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for Louisiana. The ease was thus: In April, 1853, Pierre Hoa sold to one Mrs. McGee a plantation and several slaves attacned thereto, in Louisiana, for- the sum of ninety-five thousand dollars, and for a portion of the purchase-money took her seven promissory notes, two of which were payable, respectively, in five and six years from date.
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for Louisiana. The ease was thus: In April, 1853, Pierre Hoa sold to one Mrs. McGee a plantation and several slaves attacned thereto, in Louisiana, for- the sum of ninety-five thousand dollars, and for a portion of the purchase-money took her seven promissory notes, two of which were payable, respectively, in five and six years from date. In the act of sale before the notary, which was subscribed by the parties, the officer, and the attending witnesses, the purchaser stipulated for a special mortgage on the property, as security for the payment…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The only error alleged in the action of the Circuit Court lies in its ruling upon the peremptory exception. It is contended here, as in that court) that the mortgage and vendor’s privilege of Iloa were prescribed, and that the prescription resulted from the failure to reinscribe the mortgage within ten years from the date of the first inscription.
It is supposed that support for this position is found in article 3333 of the Civil Code of Louisiana; and such would be the case if, in the construction of the article, we were confined to its language, as given in English, in the printed volunie…
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