Legal Opinion
Washburn v. Green
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 15, 1858PublishedCited by 19 opinions
APPEAL from the District Court of the parish of Jefferson, Burtke, J.
1Opinion of the CourtMerriok, C. J.
This suit is brought to recover one undivided half of two squares of ground Nos. 32 and 34 in Bloomingdale, in the parish of Jefferson. Judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
A brief reference to the main facts of the case will best enable us to appreciate the questions propounded for us to solve on this appeal.
Thomas J. Cushing, who was the owner of the property in dispute, died in 1836, and John P. Todd was appointed curator of his succession in 1840. At this time the defendant, Green, appears to have had a mortgage and the vendor’s privilege upon half of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Municipality Number 2 v. HennenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1840
- Mercier v. Sterlin Dative Ex'rSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1833
3Cited by19 opinions
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- Dunlap v. WhitmerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
- Frierson v. New York Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
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