Case Name: Auguste Reichard vs. F. Michinard et al.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1881-03
Citations: 33 La. Ann. 380
Docket Number: No. 6828
Parties: Auguste Reichard vs. F. Michinard et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 33
Pages: 380–382

Head Matter:
No. 6828.
Auguste Reichard vs. F. Michinard et al.
On the Motion to Dismiss.
The defects in the Transcript not being attributable to Appellant, the Appeal should not be-dismissed.
In a suit for the balance remaining due on a mortgage note after seizure and sale of tbe mortgage property, Defendant cannot plead such defences as this: that the property did not sell for its full value because sold in block.
Whether taxes due on the property were recorded or not, Defendant cannot recover the amount paid for them by the sheriff out of the price of sale.
APPEAL from the Fifth District Court, parish of Orleans. Rogers,. J.
H. T>. Ogden for Plaintiff and Appellee:
Plaintiff obtained order of seizure and sale on mortgage note. The property was sold, and was insufficient to pay plaintiff’s claim, and the balance due is $1122 82. This suit is for this balance. The only questions are: 1st, Was the sale in block legal? 2d, Was the sheriff or the plaintiff authorized to pay the taxes due on the property ?
We think that we have shown conclusively that, under the facts, the sale in block was legal and cannot now be attacked; and 2d, that it was the duty of the sheriff to see that the taxes were paid.

Opinion:
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Egan, J.
The motion to dismiss this appeal is based upon the absence from the transcript of certain documents offered in evidence in the court below, which have been since supplied under certiorari. The date of the writ of seizure and sale is an evident clerical error, as appears from the sheriff's return and -the date of reception and notice of' the writ therein named. This indicates carelessness in the clerk who made out the transcript; but the error is not sufficiently material to affect the merits of the controversy, and is in no way attributable to the appellant.
The motion to dismiss is overruled.