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Pugh v. Loisel

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 18, 1915No. Nos. 2658, 2663PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Appeal from, and Petition to Superintend and Revise Order of, the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Rufus E. Foster, Judge. Bankruptcy proceedings against Joseph Webre Company, Limited, in which Victor Loisel was trustee.

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Appeal from, and Petition to Superintend and Revise Order of, the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Rufus E. Foster, Judge. Bankruptcy proceedings against Joseph Webre Company, Limited, in which Victor Loisel was trustee. From an order of the District Court restraining, Edward N. Pugh and another from selling property of the bankrupt, under proceedings in the state court for the foreclosure of a mortgage, Edward N. Pugh and another appeal, and file a petition to superintend and revise.

1Opinion of the Court

WALKER, Circuit Judge.

Between the dates of the filing of a petition to have the Joseph Webre Company, Limited, adjudged an involuntary bankrupt, and the adjudication" in pursuance of that petition, the holder of a mortgage, which had been made by the bankrupt nearly a year before the institution of the bankruptcy proceeding, instituted in a Louisiana state court a proceeding for the enforcement of the lien created by that mortgage; that proceeding being one the sole purpose of which was the enforcement of the mortgage lien, no personal judgment against the mortgagor being sought. By an appeal…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Mueller v. NugentSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  2. Acme Harvester Co. v. Beekman Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1912
  3. Whitney v. WenmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  4. Hiscock v. Varick Bank of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  5. Bank v. ShermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1880

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Isaacs v. Hobbs Tie & Timber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Straton v. NewSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. Central Republic Bank & Trust Co. v. CaldwellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1932
  4. Commercial Credit Co. v. DavidsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
  5. Hise v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1943

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