Burdon Central Sugar Refining Co. v. Ferris Sugar Manuf'g Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana
The original bill in this case was filed by the Burdon Central Sugar Refining Company against the Ferris Sugar Manufacturing Company, praying that a receiver be appointed tor the latter company. After the appointment of the receiver, J. IJ.
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The original bill in this case was filed by the Burdon Central Sugar Refining Company against the Ferris Sugar Manufacturing Company, praying that a receiver be appointed tor the latter company. After the appointment of the receiver, J. IJ. Payne & Co. filed a petition of intervention, setting up a contract between them and the defendant, by which they had leased to defendant a certain sugar house, with the machinery, etc., for a period of 10 years, at an annual rental of $2,000. The lease contained a stipulation that the lessee should buy, and the lessors sell, on specified conditions, all…
1Opinion of the Court
P ARRANGE, District Judge.
Three main questions are presented in this matter, to wit: (1) Have the interveners an equitable lien on the sugar bounty? (2) Is the unpaid balance of the price of sugar cane sold to the Ferris Sugar Manufacturing Company secured by interveners’ lessor’s privilege? (3) Are interveners entitled to damages for the loss of part of their crops?
*4181. The learned counsel for the receiver admits in his brief that future property may be assigned, but he insists that an equitable lien on future property can only be created by assignment or mortgage. While further admitting that…
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