J. B. Levert Co. v. John T. Moore Planting Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Foreclosure proceeding by the J..B. Levert Company, Limited, against the John T. Moore Planting Company, Limited. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff applies for writs of certiorari and prohibition.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
Relator, the Levert Company, instituted foreclosure proceedings on the 22d day of April, 1913, on its mortgage bearing on three plantations owned by defendant. In these proceedings, the sheriff took charge of the plantations and had the growing crops cultivated. (Without this cultivation, there would have been a loss.) Advances to pay- running expenses were necessary to cultivate the crop, and relator furnished them. Some time in the latter part of August, the advances amounted to $19,000, loaned with the sanction of an order of the judge of the district court, and to be considered as costs…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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