Petit v. His Creditors
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT PRESIDING. On the 23d of December, 1829, Antoine Petit presented his petition and schedule, and prayed for the benefit of the insolvent laws.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT PRESIDING. On the 23d of December, 1829, Antoine Petit presented his petition and schedule, and prayed for the benefit of the insolvent laws. Fouillade and Estorge were placed on the Ulan as special mortgage creditors, for four hundred and twenty-eight dollars, and Nathaniel Ofiutt, as a judgment creditor, for five hundred and forty-two dollars and sixty-five cents, with a general mortgage from 21st of December, 1829. On the 22d of May, 1830, OGutt presented his petition of intervention and opposition to the privileged…
1Opinion of the CourtMathews, J.
In this case the appellant complains of the judgment of the inferior court, in consequence of the appellees having been placed thereby on the hilan or tableau of distribution of the insolvent’s estate as mortgagee, and privileged creditors on the proceeds of sale of a certain tract of land and a negro woman, which they allege was sold by them to said insolvent; and on which they claim the privilege of vendors.
A brief statement of the facts necessarily to be noticed in the decision of the cause is as follows: The ceding debtor owed to the appellees a certain sum of money, and, to secure them…
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