Batey v. Woolfolk

The plaintiffs, holders of two promissory notes, each for $13,489 58, with a large accumulation of interest, and secured by mortgage on a plantation in the parish of Iberville, took out an order of seizure and sale against the property, now owned by and in possession of the defendant. This proceeding was commenced in January, 1866.

In the latter part of March of the same year, Hobson, representing himself as the owner and holder of various promissory notes for large amounts, also secured by mortgage on the same property, came in by way of third opposition, and obtained an injunction to…