Supreme Court of Louisiana May 15, 1818 (Lefevre v. Boniquet's Syndics)

Mathews, J.

delivered the opinion of the court. This case must decided by the application and interpretation of a few articles of our code. It is clear that conventional mortgages may be granted either by an authentic act, made in the usual form of contracts, or by an act under private signature. Civ. Code 453, art. 5.