Meridian Fertilizer Factory v. Wright
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Action by the Meridian Fertilizer Factory against T. Q. Wright and others. A judgment for defendants was reversed by the Court of Appeal, and T. Q. Wright and J. F. Cochran apply for certiorari or writ of review.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Plaintiff instituted a petitory suit to recover two lots in Hall City, parish of Beauregard, alleged to be in the possession of the defendants, and coupled with the action a demand for the cancellation of a certain special mortgage upon said property purporting to have been executed in 1909, by the Louisiana Manufacturing & Mercantile Company in favor of the defendant Cochran.
Plaintiff claimed title from the said company by virtue of a purchase at sheriff’s sale made in June, 1911. Defendants did not dispute plaintiff’s title, but averred the validity of the said special mortgage and prayed…
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