McHugh v. Stewart

Defendant, a married woman, mortgaged a house and lot to Samuel Stewart, for the security of money borrowed by her from said Stewart, after being thereto authorized by a judgment of the Fourth District Court of New Orleans, in conformity to the Act of 1855, No. 200, page 254 of the Session Acts. In her petition, presented to the Fourth District Court, she alleged that the proposed loan was “ for her entire benefit, and to finish a valuable building on said lot, and is in no way for the use or benefit of her husband or children, who have no claim on her, but is truly for the purposes above…