Legal Opinion

Berthelot v. Isaacson

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 13, 1922No. 3686PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans Division; Rufus E. Foster, Judge. Suit in equity by Mrs. Beatrice Berthelot, widow of Alvin E. Herbert, against Mrs. Aline J. Isaacson and others. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

KING, Circuit Judge.

Mrs. Celeste Berthelot was an elderly woman residing in the city of New Orleans, who owned certain property situated in the Sixth district of said city. She had., on July 12, 1911, borrowed $4,000 from the Union Homestead Association, and to secure the same had conveyed said property by an act of sale to said association, and had contemporaneously received from said association a reconveyance, which reserved a vendor’s lien and special mortgage to secure said $4,000; she pledging at the same time 40 shares of the stock in said association as additional security for said…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Payne v. HookSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  2. Guffey v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  3. Gaines Et Ux. v. ChewSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
  4. Mississippi Mills v. CohnSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  5. Dodge v. TulleysSupreme Court of the United States · 1892

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Patrick A. McKenna v. Floyd A. Wallis and Pan American Petroleum Corporation, Pan American Petroleum Corporation v. Floyd A. WallisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
  2. Patrick A. McKenna v. Floyd A. Wallis and Pan American Petroleum Corporation, Pan American Petroleum Corporation v. Floyd A. WallisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965

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