Legal Opinion

New Orleans National Banking Ass'n v. Le Breton

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 21, 1887PublishedCited by 3 opinions

' APPEAL FROM the circuit court of the united states for THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. Bill in equity to foreclose a mortgage, and to set aside a sale under a prior mortgage. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley

The bill in' this case is brought to foreclose a certain mortgage on a plantation in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, called the Ardoyne plantation, with the stock thereon, and to have the same sold, and the proceeds distributed amongst the parties secured by the mortgage, and to. set aside, as illegal, fraudulent, and void, a former sale made by executory process at the suit of S. H. Kennedy & Co., one of .the parties secured by • the same instrument.

The mortgage referred to was given by notarial act on the 12th of April, 1812, by one Nolan S. •’Williams, to secure various creditors large…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Donaldson v. MaurinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1830
  2. Carite v. TrototSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  3. Soniat v. MilesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1880
  4. Guesnard v. SoulieSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1853

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Griffith v. State Mutual Building & Loan Ass'nArizona Supreme Court · 1935
  2. Taylor v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1951
  3. New Colonial Co. v. Canovanas Sugar Factory, Ltd.District Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1906

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