Supreme Court of Louisiana December 16, 1907, No. 16,611 (Rester v. Powell)

Statement of the Case.

MONROE, J.

Plaintiff in the petition filed by him alleges that he entered into an agreement with defendant (A. B. Powell) where-under the latter, upon the security of real estate consisting of a tract of land with improvements, in the parish of Calcasieu, was to advance him a sum of money and pay certain debts for which he (plaintiff) and said property were obligated, and