Sere & Laralde v. Pitot
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR .to the district court of .the United States for the district of Orleans, in a suit in equity, in which Seré- Lar aide were complainants, against Pitot and others, defendants.
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ERROR .to the district court of .the United States for the district of Orleans, in a suit in equity, in which Seré- Lar aide were complainants, against Pitot and others, defendants. The complainants stated, that they were aliens, and syndics of the creditors of the joint concern of Dumas & Janeau, Pierre Lavergne and Joseph Faurie j that Fauri'e died insolvent; that Dumas & Janeau were also, insolvent, and made a surrender of all their effects to their creditors, and that Lavergne acknowledged hiqasfelf to be unable to pay the debts of the joint concern; that the joint concern, as. well as…
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Ch. J.
delivered the. opinion of the coürt as follows, viz..This suit was brought in the court of the United States for the Orleans territory, by the. plaintiffs, who are aliens, and syndics or assignees of a trading company composed of citizens of that- territory,. who have become insolvent. The defendants are citizens .of the. territory, and have pleaded to the jurisdiction of the ■court. Their plea was sustained, and the cause now comes on to he heard oh a writ of error to that judgment.
Two objections áre. made to the jurisdiction ot the district court.
1. That the suit is brought…
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