Blouin v. Ledet
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from judicial district court, parish of Lafourche; Louis P. Caillonet, Judge. Action by L. A. Blouin- and others against P. A. Ledet. Judgment for plaintiffs, and the third opponent appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProyostt, J.
Defendant owned certain real estate, upon which there rested a conventional mortgage, first in rank, and a judicial mortgage, second in rank. To satisfy the conventional mortgage, the property was seized, and advertised to be sold, whereupon defendant filed a petition claiming that he had a homestead right upon the property, and that, after satisfying the conventional mortgage, the proceeds of the sale should be paid to him up to the amount of his homestead right of $2,000, in preference to the judicial mortgage creditor.
To support his claim defendant relies upon the homestead provisions of…
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