Richardson v. Loree
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana. The bill was filed on April 5, 1898. A general demurrer was filed, which was sustained by the circuit court, in a decree dismissing the bill.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana. The bill was filed on April 5, 1898. A general demurrer was filed, which was sustained by the circuit court, in a decree dismissing the bill. The bill is by E. L. Richardson, a citizen of the state of Louisiana, as receiver of the American National Bank, and Edward Weil and Sumpter Turner, citizens of the state of Louisiana, as syndics of the insolvency of M. Schwartz & Co., against William M. Loree, who describes himself as a citizen of Iowa; J. Bancroft Ellis, alie?1 _>g himself to be a citizen of…
1Opinion of the Court
SHELBY, Circuit Judge.
The complainants own $6,250 of the bonds of the Teche Railroad & Sugar Company, which are secured by mortgage on the property of the company. In a case pending in the United States circuit court for the Western district of Louisiana, according to the averments of the bill, Yvilliam M. Loree has obtained a decree against the company for $23,648.64, and the Louisiana & Southern States Real-Estate & Mortgage Company, Limited, has obtained a decree for $117,813. These decrees were rendered in the same suit. The complainants in this case were not parties to that suit. They…
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