Legal Opinion
Jackson Parish Bank v. Succession of Meredith
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 31, 2001No. 35,286-CAPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
I,GASKINS, J.
The plaintiff, Jackson Parish Bank, appeals from a trial court judgment finding that the bank had no cause of action against the heir of Mrs. Lucille Meredith, on a promissory note executed after Mrs. Meredith’s death, and that the bank’s cause of action had prescribed. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court judgment.
FACTS
On October 29, 1952, E.L. Meredith, Jr. and his wife, Lucille Meredith, executed a collateral mortgage note for $8,500.00, secured by a mortgage on immovable property in Jonesboro, Louisiana. The mortgage was reinscribed at regular intervals.…
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