Jefferson v. Gamm
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; T. F. Bell, Judge. Action by J. Rogers Jefferson and wife against Julius Gamm and others, and by the same plaintiff against J. K. Herold and others. Judgment for defendants in the former and for plaintiffs in the latter, and plaintiffs and defendants respectively appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
This is a sequel of the suit of Jefferson and Wife v. Herold, 144 La. 1064, 81 South. 714. In that suit Jefferson and wife obtained a temporary 'writ of injunction preventing a sale, of their homestead, seized in executory proceedings instituted by Herold. Plaintiffs claimed that the transaction purporting-to be a sale and resale of the homestead was in reality only a security transaction, which, created only a mortgage, and not a vendor’s lien, to secure the payment of the promissory notes held by Herold, and that therefore the homestead was. not subject to seizure and sale for the debt. The…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Citizens' Bank of Columbia v. Bellamy Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
- Whitney-Central Nat. Bank v. SinnottSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
- Poultney's Heirs v. Cecil'sSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1835
- Pasley v. McConnellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1886
- Jefferson v. HeroldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
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- Acosta v. Whitney Nat. Bank of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1948
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