Case Name: Cobb et ux. v. Hynes
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1849-02
Citations: 4 La. Ann. 150
Docket Number: 
Parties: Cobb et ux. v. Hynes.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 4
Pages: 150–151

Head Matter:
Cobb et ux. v. Hynes.
A creditor who has obtained a judgment, with an acknowledgment of his rights as a raortga gee, may seize other property than that mortgaged to him. All the property of the debtor is liable for the payment of his debts.
The fact that a partial payment has been made on a judgment, which has not been credited on the fi. fa., will not authorize an injunction for the entire amount of the execution.
Where no'answer has been filed-by an appellee, an- application to amend the judgment im his favor by allowing him higher damages-on Che dissolution of an injunction, will notba considered.
PPEAL from the District Court of Madison, Selby, 3.
Bemiss, for tlie appellants.
Thomas and Amonett, for the defendant.

Opinion:
The judgment of the court was pronounced by
Slidell, J.
Hynes obtained a judgment against the present plaintiffs for a sum of money, with a recognition of his rights as mortgagee of a tract of land. See 2d Ann. 365. An execution was issued and levied upon other land. Cobb and wife then obtained an injunction,.alleging in their petition two grounds for relief: first, that the mortgaged property was alone liable for the payment of the judgment, and that it could not be enforced against other property; secondly, that a payment had been made .upon the judgment, which had not been credited. The first ground was'properly disregarded by the district judge. All the properly of a debtor is liable for the payment of his debts.
Upon the second ground the court relieved the parties, the payment being proved. The facts of a partial payment was not a justification for enjoining the .entire judgment, and damages were, therefore, properly allowed as to the unsatisfied portion of the debt.
In the brief presented by the appellee he asserts his right to higher damages than were assessed by the district judge; but as no answer to the appeal was filed praying for such relief, the application cannot be considered.
Judgment affirmed.