Tennent v. Caffery
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
This is a suit via ordinaria on a note for $40,000, with interest and attorney fees. The note was signed by Caffery to his own order and indorsed in blank.
It was dated February 10, 1925, and due one year after date. The suit is only in rem as to Caffery by reason of a stipulation in the mortgage that no personal liability should attach to the maker of the note.
A personal judgment is sought against the defendants William T. Nolan and the Westwego Canal & Terminal Company, successive purchasérs of the mortgaged property because of the' ássumption of the debt in their respective acts of purchase.
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- Werk v. Leland UniversitySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1924
- Lee v. LongSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1928
- Tennent v. CafferySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
- Lawler v. BradfordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
- Davis v. MillaudonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1859
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