Drew v. His Creditors
Supreme Court of Louisiana
A PPEAL from the Second Judicial District Court for the Parish of Bienville. Watkins, J. Statement of Facts. E. 0. Drew having applied for the bene.fit of a respite, certain of his creditors made opposition to the same.
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A PPEAL from the Second Judicial District Court for the Parish of Bienville. Watkins, J. Statement of Facts. E. 0. Drew having applied for the bene.fit of a respite, certain of his creditors made opposition to the same. The District Oourt on the 16th day of July, 1896, rejected the application, but, simultaneously, ordered the applicant to make a surrender of his property within ten days and granted him an appeal, suspensive in character, upon furnishing a bond of five thousand dollars and devolutive upon furnishing a bond of five hundred dollars. Drew on the 30th day of July, 1896, furnished…
1Opinion of the Court
'The opinion of the court was delivered by
Nicholls, C. J.
The decree from which the present appeal is taken •directed that E. 0. Drew be incarcerated in the parish jail for a period ■of ten days, or until he comply with.the judgment of the court. It was rendered on a rule taken on him to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt of court in not executing the judgment which had ordered him to make a cession of his property within a specified delay.
*1647In his answer to this rule Drew sought to excuse his non-execution of the judgment by claiming that had he done so without a direct,…
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