Freiburg v. Dreyfus

This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Weiler v. Dreyfus, 26 Fed. Rep. 824. The facts are these:,On October 30, 1883, appellants, creditors of Joseph Dreyfus, commenced an action at law against their debtor, to recover the sum of' $19,000; and sequestered certain goods in.the warehouse of Meyer, Weill & Co. These goods had been transferred by Dreyfus to Lehman Meyer, on October 27, as a “ dation en paiem.entP On November 6, Abraham Ermann, one of the appellees filed in said suit what is known under the Louisiana Code of Practice as a…