Legal Opinion

Scannell v. Beauvais

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 15, 1886No. 9636PublishedCited by 7 opinions

PPEAL from the Twenty-second District Court, Parish of St. James. Duffel, J.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Manning, J.

The plaintiffs provoked the sale of the defendant’s sugar plantation by executory process and bought it. On the day of sale, John Hennessey & Bro. filed a third opposition, claiming $2,-694 61, of which $2,400 was for machinery sold by them and alleged to be then in the sugar-house, and the residue was for repairs to machinery. They asserted a privilege superior in rank to the plaintiffs’ mortgage upon the sugar-house and the acre of ground upon which it stands.

The machinery sold by the third opponents is described by them as “Two clarifiers…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. In re Receivership of Augusta Sugar Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
  2. Swoop v. St. MartinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
  3. Payne v. BufordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
  4. Chestnut v. HammattLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
  5. Legendre v. McCall's EstateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915

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