Case Name: E. Martin, Tutor, vs. John Lake, Sheriff, et al.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1885-10
Citations: 37 La. Ann. 763
Docket Number: No. 159
Parties: E. Martin, Tutor, vs. John Lake, Sheriff, et al.
Judges: Mr. Justice Todd dissents, and will later express his views.
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 37
Pages: 763–768

Head Matter:
No. 159.
E. Martin, Tutor, vs. John Lake, Sheriff, et al.
Article 342 of the Civil Code, which, prohibits the sale of a minor’s property for less than its appraised value mentioned in the inventory, applies only to sales provoked by his tutor, during the courso of his administration, and not to sales under execution, either of judgments, or by executory process for the foreclosure of a mortgage executed by the tutor with the authorization of a competent court, under the advice of a family meeting.
In such a mortgage *t is competent in law for the tutor to waive the benefit of appraisement* in case of execution, and to agree to pay attorney’s fobs in case of suit for collection.
A stipulation for usurious interests in such a mortgage, when the interests are capitalized, cannot entail a forfeiture of the interests, and much less vitiate the whole contract.
APPEAL from the First District Court, Parish of Caddo. Taylor, J.
Land & Land for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Alexander & Blanchard for Defendants and Appellees.

Opinion:
On Motion to Dismiss
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Poché, J.
The ground of the motion is that the amount in dispute 'does not exceed two thousand dollars.
From the evidence in the record, admitted on this point without objection, we are satisfied that the reasonable value of the lands in controversy does exceed the amount of the lower limit of our jurisdiction,, hence the motion must be denied.