Verges v. Prejean

The only question presented in this controversy is the validity of the registry of the mortgage and vendor’s privilege retained by Drausin Bergeron, the third opponent, claiming the proceeds of property sold under a mortgage granted and recorded subsequent to his.

The facts of the case are that the act of sale in which Bergeron’s mortgage was retained was registered in the book of conveyances kept by the recorder of mortgages, but not in the hook of conventional mortgages, as required bylaw, while the mortgage of Verges, under which the proceeds were realized, was properly registered. It is…