State ex rel. John T. Moore Planting Co. v. Howell
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Application by the State, on the relation of the John T. Moore Planting Company, Limited, for writ of mandamus to W. E. Howell, Judge, and others.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, C. J.
In July, 1914, relator brought suit against J. B. Levert Company, Limited, in liquidation, setting up title to a certain plantation lying in the parishes of Terrebonne and Lafourche, alleging that defendant had caused it to be seized and sold under executory process, and bid in for its account; that the sale was illegal for a variety of reasons; that it (plaintiff) had been damaged thereby, and by defendant’s subsequent illegal possession and administration of the property; and praying for judgment decreeing the nullity of the sale, decreeing petitioner to…
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