Nunn v. Selly’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““The facts presented are not substantially in dispute. On March 11, 1963, George J. Nunn obtained a judgment in East Baton Rouge Parish against Bert Selly in the principal amount of One Thousand One Hundred Twenty-seven and ' 09/100 ($1127.09) Dollars, with eight (8%) per cent interest thereon from December 10, 1960 until paid and ten (10%) per cent on both principal and interest as attorney’s fees. This suit, which was numbered 82,895 on the docket of the 19th Judicial District Court, will be referred to in this opinion as the ‘Nunn case’ for the sake of brevity. In execution of this judgment George J. Nunn seized all of the rights, title and interest which Bert Selly had in another suit entitled Bert Selly v. Robert G. “Jerry” Watson, numbered 101,236 on the docket of the 19th Judicial District Court in and for the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana. This case will similarly be referred to in this opinion as the ‘Selly case’. Notice of this seizure in the Nunn case was made upon both parties to the Selly case, Selly and Watson. Prior to this, on September 29, 1964, a writ of fieri facias had been issued in the Selly case. After a contest over the validity of the judgment a sale was ordered in the Selly case. The date of this sale was set for August 11, 1965. On July 30, 1965, George J. Nunn sold to John James Audubon Foundation, by notarial act of assignment, the final judgment in the Nunn case, and the seizure which he had obtained in that suit of the rights of”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Selly v. Watson