Laporte v. Libby
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Case Certified from Court of Appeal, Parish of Orleans. Action by Theodore Laporte against George H. Libby and others. Judgment for defendants, and question certified from the Court of Appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Pursuant to article 101 of the Constitution of 1898, the judges of the Court of Appeal have certified to this court a question of law arising in the above-entitled cause pending before them, and desire the instruction of this court thereon.
Plaintiff, as the lessor of defendant, seized for rent a certain steam thresher and appurtenances, which had been purchased partly on a credit by defendant from third opponents, who intervened, and, under article 3259 of the Civil Code, claimed to be paid by preference over the plaintiff out of the proceeds of the sale of said machinery.
Defendants were rice…
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