Nash v. Bowden

ROGERS, Justice.

On July 28, 1931, W. G. Bowden filed suit against Percy M. Nash to foreclose two mortgages — one a vendor’s lien on property in Avoyelles parish and the other an ordinary mortgage on property in Bossier parish. At the time the suit was filed Percy M. Nash, the defendant, was confined in the state insane asylum at Pineville under a commitment issued in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 253 of 1910. Plaintiff alleged defendant’s insanity and his detention in the insane asylum, and, following article 964 of the Code ' of Practice as amended by Act No. 308 of 1910, prayed…