Ratti v. Their Creditors
Supreme Court of Louisiana
ArPEAI. FROM THE PARISH COURT FOlt THE I>AIUSH AND CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS. On the 11th March, 1835, the plaintiffs filed their petition, accompanied by a schedule of their debts and effects, with a list of creditors and general statement of their affairs, alleging their inability to meet their engagements, and praying for a meeting of their creditors to deliberate on their affairs.
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ArPEAI. FROM THE PARISH COURT FOlt THE I>AIUSH AND CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS. On the 11th March, 1835, the plaintiffs filed their petition, accompanied by a schedule of their debts and effects, with a list of creditors and general statement of their affairs, alleging their inability to meet their engagements, and praying for a meeting of their creditors to deliberate on their affairs. They pray that a surrender of their property be accepted, and that a discharge from their debts be granted them. The cession of property was accepted by the judge, and a meeting of creditors ordered to be held before…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
This is a case of insolvency. The insolvent debtors seek the reversal of a judgment of the Parish Court, which rejects' their claim for a reduction of the sum for which a bond was •required of them on their application to be discharged from' imprisonment, under an order of ■ arrest which issued on an affidavit made by one of the creditors, suggesting fraud, according to the provisions in the ninth section of the act of 1817. 2 Moreau's Digest, 426.
The parish judge required bail to the full amount of all the debts, according to the schedule, after deducting the value of -the property…
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