Legal Opinion

Keane v. Fisher

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 15, 1855PublishedCited by 11 opinions

PPEAL from the Fifth District Court of New Orleans, Augustin, J.

1Opinion of the CourtSpofeord, J.

At the suit of the present plaintiff, one Fisher was arrested for an alleged fraud, under the 10th Section of the Act of March, 28th, 1840, entitled “ An Act to abolish imprisonment for debt.”

The fraud charged against Fisher was that he had purchased of the plaintiff, for cash, 45 hogsheads of sugar, amounting to $1868 13-100, and obtained a delivery thereof, and then disposed of the same without paying the vendor, so that the latter could not make his money.

The defendant in the present rule became Fisher's security, and he was released from arrest. The condition of the bond, pursuant to the…

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. North Carolina Railroad v. StorySupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Soniat v. WhiteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
  3. Morgan's Louisiana & T. R. & S. S. Co. v. John T. Moore Planting Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
  4. New Orleans, M. & C. R. v. City of New OrleansU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana · 1878
  5. Falterman v. PrestenbachLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1927

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