Alexandrie v. Saloy

The defendant was the holder of a promissory note made by the plaintiff, a married woman, payable to her own order, and by her endorsed in blank, for the sum of seven hundred dollars, and secured by mortgage on certain slaves.

The defendant instituted executory proceedings for the recovery of the amount of the note, and the sum of seventy dollars, attorney’s fees, which the plaintiff had stipulated in the act of mortgage to pay, in the event the note should not be paid at its maturity.

This suit was instituted to enjoin the execution of the order of seizure and sale, on the grounds stated in…