Legal Opinion

Hernsheim & Brother v. Levy

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 15, 1880No. 7717PublishedCited by 6 opinions

APPEAL from the Tenth Judicial District Court, parish of Caddo. Boarman, J. First — That misrepresentations as to the ownership of goods by the defendant after the ownership had ceased, supplemented by other suspicious circumstances, will justify the plaintiff in attaching. 29 An. 635. Second — The plea in reconvention is not sufficiently explicit of the cause of action, in stating the manner in which defendant was damaged— how damaged — the items going to make up this…

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APPEAL from the Tenth Judicial District Court, parish of Caddo. Boarman, J. First — That misrepresentations as to the ownership of goods by the defendant after the ownership had ceased, supplemented by other suspicious circumstances, will justify the plaintiff in attaching. 29 An. 635. Second — The plea in reconvention is not sufficiently explicit of the cause of action, in stating the manner in which defendant was damaged— how damaged — the items going to make up this aggregate of damage, etc. 6 M. 510. “ Every circumstance which may be considered proper to be known, in order to put…

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The opinion of the court was delivered.by

Marr, J.

Plaintiffs, merchants of New Orleans, brought this suit against defendant, a merchant of Shreveport, for the balance due on account, some $2000. The petition charges that plaintiffs “ verily believe that defendant has assigned or disposed of, or is about to assign and dispose of his property, rights, or credits, or some part thereof, with intent to defraud his creditors, or give an unfair preference to some of them ; or that he has converted,' or is about to convert his property into money or evidences of debt, with intent- to place it beyond…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. American Steel Building Co. v. BreznerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
  2. General Motors Acceptance Corporation v. SneedSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1928
  3. Shreveport Traction Co. v. Kansas City, S. & G. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
  4. Crichton v. Louisiana Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1931
  5. Hudson v. Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1925

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