Legal Opinion
Freeland v. Carmouche
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 1, 1933No. 31947PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’NIELL, Chief Justice.
This is a pathetic case. It reveals some fraudulent transactions on the part of an attorney at law who has died, and who enjoyed a splendid reputation throughout his long career — twenty-eight years — -as a member of the bar.
On the 21st of March, 1930, W. J. Carmouche, a lawyer, who died at his residence in Crowley, La., on the 27th of October, 1930, signed an act of mortgage before H. Gordon Brunson, notary public, and two witnesses, to secure the payment of a promissory note for $4,000. The note also was signed by Carmouche, was made payable to his own order, on or…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Gallagher v. ConnerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
- Levy v. DespositoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
- Macarty v. LandreauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1844
- Albert Pick & Co. v. StringerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1930
- Delavigne v. GaiennieSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1845
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- United States v. Fidelity and Deposit Co. of MarylandDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1956
- Davis-Wood Lumber Company v. DeBrueysLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
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