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Collier v. Stanbrough

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 22, 1847PublishedCited by 11 opinions

This case was brought up, by a writ of error, issued under the 2$th section, of the Judiciary Act, from the Supreme Court for the Western District of Louisiana. In 1838, David Stanbrough was appointed, by the local authority in Louisiana, curator of the estate of one Harper, deceased. In 1840, he was sued as curator, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana, by the Fanners’ Bank of Virginia.

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This case was brought up, by a writ of error, issued under the 2$th section, of the Judiciary Act, from the Supreme Court for the Western District of Louisiana. In 1838, David Stanbrough was appointed, by the local authority in Louisiana, curator of the estate of one Harper, deceased. In 1840, he was sued as curator, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana, by the Fanners’ Bank of Virginia. Judgment was rendered against him, which became final on default. On the 6th of February, 1841, Stanbrough, the curator, exposed to sale some property of Harper, the…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron

Lewis A. Collier filed his petition in the District Court held for the Parish, of Madison, in the State of Louisiana, against Josiah Stanbrough and others, alleging that the Farmers’ Bank of Yirginia had recovered a judgment in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District in that State, against.David Stanbrough, as curator of the succession of Jesse Harper''; that an execution issued on the judgment, by which the marshal seized a debt belonging to the succession, due 'from Dougal McCall, evidenced by three notes of hand, and by a mortgage on land, securing the payment to be…

2Cited by11 opinions

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