Patterson v. Hall
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the District Court of the First District, Buchanan, J. The defendants appealed from judgments granting an order of seizure and sale against certain property mortgaged by them to plaintiff, and from a subsequent judgment refusing to set aside a sequestration taken out by plaintiff, and dissolving an injunction obtained by defendants to stay the execution of the order of seizure and sale.
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the court was pronounced by
Slidell, J.
The plaintiff obtained an order of seizure and sale upon exhibition of a notarial act, of which a duly certified copy was annexed to his petition.
This act, which is «artificially drawn, recites, “that, on the 13th February, 1839, the defendant Hall executed a certain deed of trust in favor of Briggs & Beauchamp, for the use and benefit of the plaintiff, by which certain slaves were conveyed to secure the payment of a certain note for $6000, drawn by the said James Hall and others, and made payable on the 1st of January, 1840, on which…
2Cited by1 opinion
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