Mahle v. Elder

Taliaferro. J.

This is a suit brought by plaintiffs as heirs of one John H. Mahle, who died in January, 1845. Nancy Mahle, his wife and mother of plaintiffs, died in August, 1847. It seems that in 1843 John K. Elgee, of the parish of Rapides, sold the land which these heirs are now suing to recover to John H. Mahle, together with a number of slaves for $11,600, for which Mahle executed his notes, payable in eight annual installments with ten per centum interest per annum after maturity, secured by special mortgage and vendor’s privilege on all the property conveyed. After the death of Mahle…