Rodd v. Recorder of Mortgages
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. K. Skinner, Judge. Action by John E. Rodd against the Recorder of Mortgages. Erom a judgment directing defendant to cancel an inscription, but requiring plaintiff to execute an indemnity bond as a condition thereto, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Plaintiff ruled the recorder of mortgages to show cause why he should not cancel the inscription of a mortgage which plaintiff had imposed upon certain property owned by him in this parish to secure a note for $7,000 executed by him on October 16, 1909, made payable one year aft-' er date to his order and by him indorsed in blank; the allegations of the rule being that the note had been “lost or mislaid while in the hands of John L. Kendall, the last holder thereof.” It is not alleged that the note has ever been paid, nor does the petition state whether it was…
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