Case Name: Mrs. Louisa C. Bracey and Husband vs. J. E. McGuire, Sheriff, et al.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1882-06
Citations: 34 La. 997
Docket Number: No. 1053
Parties: Mrs. Louisa C. Bracey and Husband vs. J. E. McGuire, Sheriff, et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 34
Pages: 997–997

Head Matter:
No. 1053.
Mrs. Louisa C. Bracey and Husband vs. J. E. McGuire, Sheriff, et al.
A party signing a twelve months’ bond is not permitted, when execution issues thereon, under Article 720, C. P., to arrest the writ, on the ground that there was no seizure, advertisement and sale of the property in the case in which the bond was furnished, the bond reciting that all the requirements of the law had been complied with.
By signing the bond, such party has cured all the irregularities, if any existed. 7 An. 542; 12 Rob. 209 ; 9 Rob. 185 ; 34 An. 205.
Oral testimony is not admissible to contradict a written contract by the parties thereto, unless under charges of error, fraud, want of consideration, and the like. C. C. 2276, 1819 ; Greenleaf, Vol. I, § 284.
APPEAL from the Fifth District Court, Parish of Ouachita. Richardson, J.
R. G. Gobi), for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
R. Richardson and Thos. 0. Benton, for Defendants and Appellees. •

Opinion:
The opinion of the Court .was delivered by
Bermudez, C. J.