Legal Opinion

Winn v. Strickland

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 31, 1921No. Nos. 24258, 22770Published

Appeal from Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffersbn Davis;' Winston Overton, Judge. ■ Action by Hezekiah Winn against Mrs. Dorothy Strickland and husband, and suit by Learcus Strickland and wife against Hezekiah Winn. From a judgment for defendants in the first action and for plaintiffs in the second action, Winn appeals.

1Opinion

On Kehearing.

BY the WHOLE COURT. ST. PAUL, J.

The case of Winn v. Strickland was heretofore appealed under the number 22011 of our docket (147 La. 115, 84 South. 515), and was then remanded upon certain issues which have since passed out.

The relevant facts are substantially these:

Plaintiff and defendant owned a certain plantation in common. Plaintiff owed defendant $2,000, and defendant had also joined plaintiff in mortgaging the whole plantation for a debt of $3,000 due by plaintiff alone to one Mrs. Miller.

For reasons satisfactory to themselves, plaintiff executed a deed of sale to defendant…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Winn v. StricklandSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920

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