Rapides Packing Co. v. Bourgeois

The Rapides Packing Company, Inc., Rapides Grocery Company, Inc., and Henry B. Grady were ordinary creditors of R. M. Bourgeois of Rapides Parish; the packing company was the first to file suit against the common debtor, and while that suit was pending and before issue was joined by default or otherwise, the grocery company and Grady procured confessions of judgment from Bourgeois for the amount of their claims, and, on the same date, filed suit against the common debtor on the confessions, and judgments were rendered thereon on the same date and executions issued on the judgments, under…