Legal Opinion

Mansfield v. Doherty

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 15, 1869No. 2133PublishedCited by 9 opinions

from the Seventh Judicial District Court, parish of West Feliciana. Oooley, J.

1Opinion of the CourtHowe, J.

The plaintiff sued the defendants, Mrs. M. L. Doherty, widow of Patrick Doherty, and Mrs. M. Eoss and Miss Mary Doherty, issue of Patrick and Margaret L. Doherty, for a balance due on a mortgage note of five thousand dollars, 'with recognition of mortgage on certain property described in an act executed by defendants on the thirty-first December, 1866. The Citizens’ Bank and others intervened, representing themselves to be creditors of Patrick Doherty, and entitled to be paid from, the property of his succession in preference to the individual creditor of the heirs. The defendants pleaded the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Blake v. BredallSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1840

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Merchants Adjustment Bureau v. MaltaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1958
  2. Adams v. TuckerColorado Court of Appeals · 1895
  3. Carpenter v. CoxLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1938
  4. City of New Orleans v. Di BenedettoLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
  5. Wilson v. Lyon Lumber Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1927

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