Calcasieu Nat. Bank v. Campbell

On the Merits.

The record discloses that prior to 1919 appellant Alfred Campbell and one James Maslin were the joint owners of a plantation in Jefferson Davis parish, and in that year the latter sold to appellant’s son, Alfred S. Campbell, his undivided one-half interest therein; that the consideration consisted of the assumption of. an existing mortgage, some cash, Liberty bonds, and a plain note of the purchaser for $7,793, which note was also signed and indorsed by the appellant as surety, while the deed itself; other than as to the mortgage assumed, recited the payment of cash, no mortgage…