Case Name: The American Freehold Land and Mortgage Company, of London, Limited, vs. The Heirs and Legal Representatives of J. B. Williams, Deceased
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1895-06-21
Citations: 47 La. Ann. 1380
Docket Number: No. 11,852
Parties: The American Freehold Land and Mortgage Company, of London, Limited, vs. The Heirs and Legal Representatives of J. B. Williams, Deceased.
Judges: Nicholls, C. J., absent.
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 47
Pages: 1380–1381

Head Matter:
No. 11,852.
The American Freehold Land and Mortgage Company, of London, Limited, vs. The Heirs and Legal Representatives of J. B. Williams, Deceased.
An appeal from an order of seizure and sale, and an injunction against it, haying been argued and submitted to this court contemporaneously, and the injunction suit haying been decided, this court will take notice of these proceedings, and exproprio motu, abate the appeal.
APPEAL from the Fifth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Morehouse Potts, J.
Bussey & Naff, John C. Pugh and H. B. Boyd for Plaintiff, Appellee.
E. T. Lamkin for Defendants, Appellants.
Newton & Hall for Third Opponents and Appellants.
Argued and submitted June 13, 1895.
Opinion handed down June 21, 1895.

Opinion:
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Watkins, J.
This is an appeal from an order of seizure and sale in foreclosure of a mortgage, hence the only question presented for consideration is was there sufficient evidence to authorize the fiat?
It is matter of which this court will take judicial notice, that the appellants have sued out an injunction against the order and the seizure thereunder since this appeal was obtained and prosecuted, involving the validity of the proceedings in pais — the injunction and appeal having been argued and submitted to this court simultaneously, and the injunction suit having been this day decided. To go back and decide the issues raised on the appeal would be too much like reasoning in a circle.
.We think the purposes of justice would be best subserved by abating the appeal ex proprio motu at appellants' cost.
Appeal dismissed.
Nicholls, C. J., absent.