Legal Opinion

Ellis v. J. Freyhan & Co.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 14, 1909No. 17,478PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court, Parish of West Feliciana; George Jones Woodside, Judge. Injunction suit by Nat J. Ellis against J. Freyhan & Go., for the use of M. & E. Wolf. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.

Plaintiff has enjoined the seizure of his property, claiming it is his homestead. At the time defendant obtained and recorded the judgment under which seizure has been made the property was not homestead. Plaintiff lived upon it; but he was unmarried, and had no one dependent upon him for support. The judicial mortgage resulting from the recordation of the judgment attached, therefore, fully and completely. Before the seizure, however, the property had become a homestead by the fulfillment of all the conditions requisite for making it such.

Therefore the question presented is whether the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Gilmer v. O'NealSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1880
  2. Brannin v. WombleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1880
  3. Bank of Jeanerette v. StansburySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
  4. Soulier v. BenkerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1885
  5. Taylor v. SaloySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1886

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Pasco v. HarleySupreme Court of Florida · 1917
  2. In re BordelonDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1924
  3. Prudential Ins. Co. of America v. GuillorySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
  4. Caire & Graugnard v. HickoxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
  5. Coltharp v. WestSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910

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