Abadie v. Lobero

By the Court, Sawyer, C. J.:

On the 31st of October, 1859, Mariano Olivera executed a note in favor of John Temple for eight hundred dollars, and to secure it at the same time jointly with his wife, executed a mortgage on the “ Rancho La Gaviota.” Afterward, on the 20th of March, 1861, said Olivera and wife entered into a contract with Domingo, Juan, and Marcelina Abadie, under the firm name of Domingo Abadie & Brothers, to pasture for said Abadie & Brothers, on said rancho, for two years, a large number of cattle, and to secure the performance of said contract to pasture on the part of…