Supreme Court of Louisiana May 15, 1876, No. 6124 (State ex rel. Prager v. Recorder of Mortgages)

lead-opinion

Taliaeeebo, J.

In this case there is a conflict between a.privilege and -a mortgage. Samuel Johnson, one of the defendants, entered into a written contract with the Canal-Street and City Park Railroad Company to build their railroad. The contract was entered into and signed on the ■twenty-sixth of January, 1874, and was acknowledged before a notary ■public the same day.