Tipton v. Mayfield's Curator
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Western Dist. APPEAL PROM THE COÜRT OF PROBATES FOR THE PARISH OF LAFAYETTE. This is an action against the defendant as curator of the vacant estate of Elisha B. Mayfield, deceased, founded on a judgment alleged to have been rendered against said May-field for one thousand two hundred and sixty-seven dollars and ninety-five cents, on the 22d of May, 1824, in favor of S. H. Williams and D. C. Mitchell, in the state of Tennessee.
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Western Dist. APPEAL PROM THE COÜRT OF PROBATES FOR THE PARISH OF LAFAYETTE. This is an action against the defendant as curator of the vacant estate of Elisha B. Mayfield, deceased, founded on a judgment alleged to have been rendered against said May-field for one thousand two hundred and sixty-seven dollars and ninety-five cents, on the 22d of May, 1824, in favor of S. H. Williams and D. C. Mitchell, in the state of Tennessee. The present plaintiff alleges that he is the agent of the plaintiffs in said judgment, and demands the amount due on the same, (after allowing some credits) from the…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
This is an action to recover of the succession of Elisha B. Mayfield, the balance due on a judgment rendered by the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Giles county, in the state of Tennessee, jointly against William Mayfield and the defendant’s intestate. The defence set up is, that at the time the judgment was rendered, Mayfield was an' inhabitant of Louisiana, vand that as to him the judgment is a nullity. He further pleads payment and prescription.
In a supplemental petition the plaintiff alleges, that the deceased in his life time made no objection to the claim, but did formally and…
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