Opinion

Brown v. Kendall

  • 12 La. Ann. 347
Court
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Filed
Apr 15, 1857
Status
Published
Author
Spofford
On the bench
Spofford
Cited by
0 cases

The opinion

Spofford, J.

In January or February 1856, the plaintiffs, under a judgment against Wm. G-. Kendall, seized in execution a plaining-mill and its apparatus, which had been adjudicated to Gcurl Kohn, on the 17th of November, 1855.

Ga/el Kohn opposed the seizure, and claimed the property as his own. His opposition was filed on the 29th February, 1856.

In support of his allegations he produced all the proceedings under an order of seizure and sale issued at his instance against a certain square of ground and all its appurtenances, as the property of Wm. G. Kendall, mortgaged to himself. In the advertisement of this sale the plaining-mill and apparatus, now seized by the plaintiffs as still the property of Kendall, were described as composing part of the property seized, and to be sold under the order in favor of Garl Kohn. They were so sold, and Kohn became the purchaser of the whole; and the plaining-mill, &c., are particularly described in the Sheriff’s deed to himself. He is in possession under a title translative of property, to wit: a Sheriff’s deed. Kendall, the judgment debtor, has acquiesced in the sale.

Under these circumstances, a third person cannot treat the title and possession of Kohn as mere nullities, and seize the property as if it were Kendall’s. It is unnecessary to inquire whether the plaining-mill, &c., had become immovable by destination.

Judgment affirmed.

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