Legal Opinion
Shaw v. Grant
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 15, 1858PublishedCited by 5 opinions
APPEAL from the District Court of the Parish of Plaquemines, Rousseau, J.
1Opinion of the CourtMerrick, C. J.
The appeal in this case was brought up by the appellee, Alexander Grant, sr., who has filed an answer to the appeal praying an amendment of the judgment in his favor. It is conceded by appellant’s counsel, that this case as to Alexander Grant, sr., (who was a purchaser of the “Nain” plantation at Sheriff sale) is governed by the principles enunciated in the two cases of Shaw & Zunts v. Knox and McCutchon, Howell & Co. v. Wilkinson, lately decided by this court, if those cases can be considered as law. 12 An. 41 and 483.
The correctness of those two decisions has therefore been questioned in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Succession of JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1842
- Welsh v. ShieldsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1844
3Cited by5 opinions
- Burdon Central Sugar Refining Co. v. PayneSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Iberville Planting & Mfg. Co. v. Monongahela Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1909
- Bank of Houma v. ShafferSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1924
- State ex rel. Colomb v. St. JulienSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
- Woods, Slaybeck & Co. v. RocchiLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1884