Louisiana Court of Appeal May 4, 1926 (Wakefield State Bank v. Baker Wakefield Cypress Co.)

lead-opinion

LECHE, J.

The Baker Wakefield Cypress Co., Ltd., owned a tract of land, situated in the Parish of Assumption, together with buildings and improvements thereon, consisting mainly of a sawmill and other machinery to manufacture lumber from cypress logs. In 1920 and in 1922, it mortgaged all of this property in favor of plaintiff as security for two debts aggregating some $26,000.00.