Legal Opinion

Leon Godchaux Co. v. Gall

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 8, 1916No. 21896PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Action by the Leon Godchaux Company, Limited, against Mrs. Amelia Gall, widow of E. A. Pharr, wherein Lazard Kling intervened. Judgment for intervener was subordinated to judgment for plaintiff, and, a bond for a certain sum being required of intervener in order to suspend execution, intervener applies for writs of mandamus, prohibition, and certiorari.

1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, C. J.

Plaintiff obtained judgment' against defendant for specific sums, aggregating over $25,000, - with interest, attorney’s fees, and recognition of mortgage. Intervener, who came into the case, “joining defendant in resisting the demands of the plaintiff, and, in part, opposing both of said parties,” obtained judgment against defendant for $3,300, with interest, etc., and recognition of mortgage, but .the mortgage asserted by him was subordinated to that asserted by plaintiff, and he desired to suspend the execution of the judgment, on a bond for costs, or, say, for, $100. The trial judge was of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Elias Block & Sons v. RightorSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1892
  2. State ex rel. Wassell v. Judge of the Fourth District CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1870
  3. Pratt Engineering & Machine Co. v. Cecelia Sugar Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Charvanel v. EsvardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
  2. In Re Clover Ridge Planting & Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
  3. State Ex Rel. Sumner v. SimonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1932
  4. Whitaker v. Orangedale Colony Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
  5. White v. DavisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1931

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