Blois v. Yard
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, JUDGE BUCHANAN PRESIDING. In this case, Yard & Blois having made a surrender of their property, syndics were appointed by the creditors. Thomas Blois, one of the insolvents, as tutor of his minor son, claimed to be a privileged creditor, for a large sum, on the property surrendered ; and also his second wife, Emilie Demourelle.
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Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, JUDGE BUCHANAN PRESIDING. In this case, Yard & Blois having made a surrender of their property, syndics were appointed by the creditors. Thomas Blois, one of the insolvents, as tutor of his minor son, claimed to be a privileged creditor, for a large sum, on the property surrendered ; and also his second wife, Emilie Demourelle. They each instituted separate suits against the syndics, who denied their right to recover. The wife was declared to have a privilege, and the syndics appealed. The case of Blois, tutor of his son, was…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
In these two cases, the plaintiffs, being the wife and pupil of one of the firm of Yard & Blois, sue the syndics as privileged creditors. The facts are set forth vaguely, and any judgment which this court might pronounce, would be hypothetical. The other creditors are not before us, and the rank of the plaintiffs can only be settled contradictorily. The proceeding, in our opinion, is irregular, and these suits ought to have been cumulated with the proceedings of Yard & Blois vs. Their Creditors, and the amount due the plaintiffs, as well as their relative ranks, as creditors, ascertained in…
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