Bon Air Planting Co. v. Barringer
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Case Certified from Court of Appeal, Second Circuit. Action by the Bon Air Planting Company, Limited, against Victor C. Barringer, in which the Union National Bank, H. E. Thomas, receiver, intervened as third opponent. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and the third opponent appeals. Certified from the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, parish of Ouachita, by the judges thereof, applying for instructions.
1Opinion of the CourtLeche, J.
A plantation burdened with a special mortgage was made the subject of a dation en paiement by the husband to his wife, the husband reserving to himself 23 mules which were upon th.e plantation for its service and improvement. Four days later the husband executed a chattel mortgage upon the mules in favor of a third person. The mules remained on- the plantation, and continued to be worked for its service and improvement. Subsequently the mortgage creditor caused the plantation, together with the mules, to be sold in satisfaction of his debt, the mules, however, being appraised and sold…
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