Case Name: Wm. Hebert vs. James A. Smylie
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1885
Citations: 1 Gunby 73
Docket Number: 
Parties: Wm. Hebert vs. James A. Smylie.
Judges: 
Reporter: Legal points decided by the Second circuit court of Louisiana (Gunby's Reports)
Volume: 1
Pages: 73–74

Head Matter:
Wm. Hebert vs. James A. Smylie.

Opinion:
Gunby, J,
A mortgage on personal property is null; but a stipulation in such mortgage that the mortgagor will pay ten per cent, as attorney's fees in case it be necessary to resort to judicial proceedings to enforce the collection of the note to secure which the mortgage is given, is an obligation independent of the mortgage and is valid and binding, though the mortgage be avoided. 21 An. 8.