George B. Matthews & Sons v. Joseph Webre Co.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
In Bankruptcy. Proceeding by George B. Matthews & Sons and' others against the Joseph Webre Company, Limited. On petition by Victor Loisel, Trustee, for an injunction against Joseph B. Dornier, Sheriff, and others.
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, District Judge.
[1] In this matter it appears that a petition for involuntary bankruptcy was filed against the Joseph Webre Company, Limited, on February 13, 1914. Seven days later Edward N. Pugh filed a petition in the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court for the parish of St. James, praying for executory process to foreclose a mortgage of $20,000 on practically all the real estate belonging to the bankrupt. Under the proceedings in the state court the sheriff attempted to seize the property on February 26th and proceeded *397to advertise it for sale under the order of that court. On…
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