Heirs of Emerson v. Hall
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error from the Supreme Court of the eastern district of Louisiana. In 1839, Charles H. Hall, residing in New York, presented a petition to the Court of Probates of the "city and parish" of New Orleans, stating- that the estate of William Emerson, deceased, was indebted .to him, in the sum of 'seventeen hundred dollars and upwards, with interest; and he prayed the Court, that Charles Byrne, the tutor and" ourator of the' children of William Emerson, should be decreed to…
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IN error from the Supreme Court of the eastern district of Louisiana. In 1839, Charles H. Hall, residing in New York, presented a petition to the Court of Probates of the "city and parish" of New Orleans, stating- that the estate of William Emerson, deceased, was indebted .to him, in the sum of 'seventeen hundred dollars and upwards, with interest; and he prayed the Court, that Charles Byrne, the tutor and" ourator of the' children of William Emerson, should be decreed to allow the debt, and to pay the same. Mr. Byrne, as tutor and curator of the minor heirs of William Emersbn, by his answer,…
1Opinion of the Court
-Mr. Justice M‘Lean
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is a writ of error to thé Supreme Court of the state of Louisiana, under the 25th- section of the judiciary act.
The defendant, here, as plaintiff, in the Court of Probate at New . Orleans, recovered a judgment in 1830, against the estate of Wiliiam Emerson, for seventeen hundred and eighty-eight dollars and sixty-two cents; and the question in this case is, whether the heirs of Emerson shall, be held responsible for the payment of this judgment under the-following circumstances, .
In April, 1818, Emerson, being surveyor of the port of…
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