Terry v. Terry
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastmot Dist. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE PXRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action in which the plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of five hundred dollars, as a privileged claim on the proceeds of the sale of a barge, in the hands of the city marshal of New-Orleans.
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Eastmot Dist. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE PXRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action in which the plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of five hundred dollars, as a privileged claim on the proceeds of the sale of a barge, in the hands of the city marshal of New-Orleans. The plaintiff alleges, he is the holder of two promissory notes, one for one hundred dollars and the other for four hundred dollars, executed by J. C. Terry, for the purchase of the barge Volunteer; that said barge has been attached and seized by various creditors of said J. C. Terry, and sold by the city marshal of New-Orleans…
1Opinion of the CourtMathews, J.
In this case, the plaintiff claims a privilege as vendor of a boat which was used on the lake Pontchartrain, in trade between New-Orleans and various places situated on the other side of the lake. The judgment of the court below was against his claim, from which he appealed.
It apears that the price of the boat was the subject matter of dispute, the thing itself having been sold by the marshal of the City Court, to satisfy several judgments which had been obtained by persons who navigated the vessel. Whilst the price was still in the hands of that officer, a person named Bowman applied to that…
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