Taylor v. Knox
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE SIXTH PRESIDING. The plaintiffs Ryan, Taylor and Evans were judgment creditors of one Thomas S. Saul, then cashier of the Branch Bank of Louisiana at Opelousas, to the amount of $ 761 64. for amount of judgments obtained at the November term 1828, of the District Court of the Parish of St. Landry.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE SIXTH PRESIDING. The plaintiffs Ryan, Taylor and Evans were judgment creditors of one Thomas S. Saul, then cashier of the Branch Bank of Louisiana at Opelousas, to the amount of $ 761 64. for amount of judgments obtained at the November term 1828, of the District Court of the Parish of St. Landry. On thelst. of October 1828, Saul being much indebted conveyed to the defendants W. G. Knox, Robert Rogers, Joseph Andrew, Robert Taylor, Geo. King, and William Simons, who were his securities as cashier of the bank, and which…
1Opinion of the Court
Mathews J.
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is a suit instituted by some of the creditors of Thomas S. Saul, (whom they allege to be in insolvent circumstances) against the defendants for the purpose of causing to be set aside and annulled, a sale and transfer of certain property to them, as described in the act, on the ground of being in fraud of the rights of the plaintiffs.
The cause was submitted to a jury in the court below, who found a verdict for the plaintiffs, and judgment being therein rendered, the defendant appealed.
The action is founded on the article 1965 of the Louisi- ~…
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