Planters' Bank v. Lanusse

Several questions of considerable importance have been raised on the argument of this cause. The first is, whether the act of 1817, regulating the manner in which voluntary surrenders should be made, governs those which are forced ?

The appellants insist that it does, and rely on the authority of Febrero, 2, lib. 3, cap. 3, sec. 1, n. 40, who states that the same rules are observed in both concursos, in every thing which concerns the substance of the judg*691ment, the validity and preference of the claims of creditors, their classification, their payment, the inventory or sequestration, and the…