St. John Lumber Co. v. Federal Nat. Bank
St. John Lumber Co. v. Federal Nat. Bank
Opinion of the Court
This is ah action to annul a sheriff’s sale and to recover the property acquired by the Federal National Bank from the adjudicatees at the sale. The suit was dismissed on a plea of res judicata and exceptions of no cause of action and of nonjoinder of an alleged necessary party. The plaintiff prosecutes the appeal.
In opposition to the, appellees’ m.otion, the attorney for appellant has filed an affidavit to the effect that the executory proceedings, entitled Colonial Trust Company, Trustee, v. St. John Lumber Company, were not annexed to the defendants’ pleas or exceptions in the district court, nor offered in evidence
The motion to dismiss the appeal was filed after the expiration of the three days allowed for the filing of such motions, after the filing of th'e transcript of appeal. As far as the record discloses, however, the transcript is complete. It was alleged in the plea of res judicata that the entire record in the executory proceedings, including the decree rendered therein by the Supreme Court, was made part of the plea. But the record does not show that the executory proceedings were,annexed to the plea; nor does the record show whether the executory proceedings were offered in evidence on the trial of the pleas or exceptions on which this suit was dismissed. If any of the proceedings had in this suit have been omitted from the transcript of appeal, and the appellees can show that the transcripts of appeal in the executory proceedings should be used and considered in the present appeal, the relief can be had under section 11 of rule 1 of the rules of this court (67 South, viii, 136 La. viii).
The motion to dismiss the appeal is overruled, reserving to the appellees the right to make application, under the rules of this court and on proper showing, for leave to have the transcripts of appeal in the eases No. 20,829 and No. 21,467, entitled Colonial Trust Co., Trustee, v. St. John Lumber Co., used and considered as a part of the transcript in the present appeal.
On the Merits.
Plaintiff’s property having been sold in the course of executory process proceedings in foreclosure of a mortgage securing the payment of bonds, this suit is brought to annul the mortgage on the ground of fraud, and to annul the executory process proceedings and the sale on sundry grounds: That the debt had been fraudulently made to appear to be past due by including among the bonds sued on certain bonds which had been paid; that the sale was not preceded by appraisement and advertisement, and included property not embraced in the mortgage; and that the proceedings and the sale were but the culmination and consummation of a fraudulent scheme to despoil the plaintiff.
For the purpose of recasting, the judgment appealed from is set aside, and.it is now ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the exceptions of res judicata and of the suit being a collateral attack are overruled; and that the exception of no cause of action, in so far .as based on want of proper parties, be and the same is hereby sustained; and that the suit be, and it is hereby, dismissed at the cost of plaintiff. Defendant to pay the costs of appeal.
Reference
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- ST. JOHN LUMBER CO. v. FEDERAL NAT. BANK
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- Syllabus
- (Syllabus ly the Court.) 1. Appeal and Error An appeal should not be dismissed on the mere allegation of the appellee that certain documents not in the transcript were introduced in evidence, if the clerk’s certificate shows that the transcript is complete and there is no showing to the contrary. 2. Appeal and Error @=>662(1) — ’Transcript of Appeal in Another Case — Consideration. The Supreme Court will not order that the transcript of appeal in one case be used or considered in another, on the allegation of one of'the parties that the transcript desired to be so used or considered contains documents that were offered in evidence in the other case, if the allegation is contradicted and is not supported by the record of the proceedings had in the lower court. On the Merits. (Additional Syllabus by (Editorial Staff.) 3. Mortgages The only questions triable on an appeal from an order of executory process are those involving the regularity of the proceedings on their face. 4. Judgment &wkey;>649 — Res Judicata — Appeal from Order of Executory Process — Suit to Annul Mortgage and Executory Proceedings. Judgment on an appeal from an order of executory process, disposed of on the face of the proceedings, is not res judicata in a suit to annul the mortgage and the executory process proceedings, depending upon evidence dehors the proceedings considered on such appeal. 5. Mortgages A suit to annul a mortgage and to annul the executory process proceedings and sheriff’s sale is a direct attack on the sale. 6. Mortgages &wkey;499 —Sale on Executory Process — Annulment—Parties. A suit to annul a mortgage and the executory process proceedings and sheriff’s sale cannot be maintained, in the absence of the parties to the sale, including the seizing creditor.