Legal Opinion
Acosta v. Whitney Nat. Bank of New Orleans
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided December 13, 1948No. 38381PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Justice.
The heirs of the late Casamere Acosta and his deceased wife, Mrs. Malvina Nunez, instituted this petitory action to recover from the Whitney National Bank of New Orleans a certain tract of land in St. Bernard Parish and the improvements thereon as their homestead, claiming that the bank’s acquisition of the property at a foreclosure sale was a nullity. They also seek to recover $1,500 for rents and revenues derived from the property. In the alternative, they seek to recover the sum of $2,000, the homestead value of the property.
The defendants first pleaded to the jurisdiction…
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