Villey v. Jarreau

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Levy, J.

Plaintiff instituted this suit on September 6th, 1876, alleging that she is a mortgage creditor of Sylvanie Braud, and seeks to annul a tax sale of land of said Braud made by the tax collector of the parish of Point Coupee on the 11th of October, 1873, to John E. *292Breaux. She represents that the property sold by the tax collector was mortgaged by said Braud in her favor by act of mortgage, of date 2nd April, 1859, duly recorded on that day, to secure a note of said Braud in her favor for the sum of $2480, payable on 18th April, 1863, bearing…