Prudential Ins. Co. of America v. Flournoy

FOURNET, Justice.

The Prudential Insurance Company of America having foreclosed via ordinaria against the Alexandrine Courts, Inc., on its first mortgage, and the property having been adjudicated'to it at the sheriff’s sale, instituted this suit against J. Howell Flournoy, the sheriff of Caddo Parish, to recover the sum of $2,027.25, paid to the sheriff under protest, claiming that this amount was :an overcharge or in excess of the sheriff's fee authorized'by Section 1 of Act No. 203 of 1898, as amended by Act No. 167 of 1928. From an adverse judgment in the lower court, the plaintiff has…