Skipwith v. His Creditors
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dis. APPEAL FRO .11 THE COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, TOR THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, THE PARISH JUDGE PRESIDING.
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Eastern Dis. APPEAL FRO .11 THE COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, TOR THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, THE PARISH JUDGE PRESIDING. On the 29th May, 1821, Fulwar Skipwith presented his petition with a hilan or schedule annexed, containing a detailed statement of his debts and claims of his creditors, also assets, property and effects, of every kind, which he surrendered for the benefit of all his creditors, and prayed for the usual stay of proceedings, and for general relief under the insolvent laws relating to voluntary surrenders. Among the creditors placed on the hilan were Wm. Russell…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
The syndic of the creditors of Skipwith, filed a tableau of distribution in which the heirs of William Russell were classed as mortgage creditors, and entitled to the whole amount of the proceeds for which the property sold on which they had a mortgage, by assignment from the insolvent and his wife, to wit: $8209. Mrs. Skipwith was set down as subrogated to the mortgage of the Bank of Louisiana on property surrendered, the proceeds of which are more than sufficient to discharge the mortgage, being one-half the sum paid by her as joint obligor with her husband. She is further put down as a…
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