French v. Stanton
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the District Court of the First District, Buchanan, J. The defendants appealed from a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs for an amount admitted to have been received by them for the use of the plaintiffs, the payment of which was resisted on a plea of compensation. The judgment reserved te defendants the right to claim the amount alleged to be due to them in the concurso.
1Opinion of the Court
*9The judgment of the court was pronounced by
Eustis, C. J.
Under the bank law ofthe 9thMarch, 1842, (Laws of 1842, p. 234,) at the instance of the State, the charter of the Atchafalaya Railroad and Banking Company was decreed to be forfeited, for their neglect and refusal to pay specie during more than ninety days consecutively.
This forfeiture was pronounced by the Supreme Court, in May, 1843. 5 Robinson, 65.
The commissioners of the bank charge that the defendants are indebted to them in the sum of $553,91, for so much money advanced and received by them for the use of the plaintiffs, from the…
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