Legal Opinion

De Brueys v. Burns

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 29, 1918No. 23104PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany; Prentiss B. Carter, Judge. Suit by William E. De,Brueys against Albert S. Burns, W. B. Lancaster, and another, for an injunction and for an accounting and damages against defendant Lancaster.

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Appeal from Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany; Prentiss B. Carter, Judge. Suit by William E. De,Brueys against Albert S. Burns, W. B. Lancaster, and another, for an injunction and for an accounting and damages against defendant Lancaster. Judgment against defendant Lancaster, and against all defendants perpetuating a writ of injunction, and defendants Burns and Laneáster appealed to tlie Court of Appeal, which ordered the appeal transferred to the Supreme Court.

1Opinion of the Court

On Motion to Dismiss Appeal and on Motion to Transfer Case to Court of Appeal.

O’NIELL, J.

Albert S. Burns instituted executory proceedings on a promissory note ■signed by William S. De Brueys, for §400, less a credit of §300, secured by a mortgage and vendor’s lien on certain property bought by De Brueys from one W. B. Lancaster, The property was seized and advertised for sale to satisfy the balance due on the note. De Brueys then instituted the present suit against Burns, Lancaster, and the sheriff, and obtained a writ of injunction, without bond, preventing the sale, on the allegation that…

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  2. Flournoy v. WalkerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
  3. Rowlett v. ShepherdSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1832
  4. Brooks v. WalkerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1848
  5. Conrad v. LeBlancSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1877

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  2. Scott v. RatcliffSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1928
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