Harrod v. Voorhies' Administratrix
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PROBATES, FOR THE PARISH OP AVOYELLES. This is an action on a promissory note, for eight hundred and ninety-five dollars, dated in June, 1824, and signed by the late Cornelius Voorhies, deceased, and secured by mortgage, executed before a justice of the peace. The plaintiff demanded payment of the widow and administratrix of the deceased, which was refused.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PROBATES, FOR THE PARISH OP AVOYELLES. This is an action on a promissory note, for eight hundred and ninety-five dollars, dated in June, 1824, and signed by the late Cornelius Voorhies, deceased, and secured by mortgage, executed before a justice of the peace. The plaintiff demanded payment of the widow and administratrix of the deceased, which was refused. There is credit on the note, leaving a balance of four hundred and one dollars and ninety-six cents, yet due. This mortgage is certified to be recorded in the parish judge’s office, by Cornelius Voorhies, who…
1Opinion of the CourtMorphy, J.
The plaintiff brought suit against the estate of Cornelius Voorhies, for the balance of a note, bearing date the 24th of June, 1824, and filed with his petition, as evidences of his claim, the note itself, and an act of mortgage on a tract of land and a negro, executed before Henry Boyce, a justice of the peace, of the parish of Avoyelles. The defendant, pleaded the general issue, payment, and the prescription of five and ten years. The plea of prescription was sustained, and plaintiff appealed.
The record shows that in June, 1825, the plaintiff sued out of the District Court of the sixth…
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