Houston v. City Bank of New Orleans
Supreme Court of the United States
This casé was brought up, by a writ of error issued under the twenty-fifth section of the Judiciary Act, from the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. The facts in the case are fully set forth in the opinion of the court. It was argued by -Mr. Johnson and Mr. Clay,.for the plaintiffs in error, and Mr. Sergeant, for the defendants in error.
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This casé was brought up, by a writ of error issued under the twenty-fifth section of the Judiciary Act, from the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. The facts in the case are fully set forth in the opinion of the court. It was argued by -Mr. Johnson and Mr. Clay,.for the plaintiffs in error, and Mr. Sergeant, for the defendants in error. Mr. Johnson stated the cáse on behalf of the plaintiffs in error, who were purchasers of certain property' which was exposed to public sale by order of the District Court of the United States. The question was, whether a mortgage upon the property, held…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This case is brought here by a writ > of error directed to the Supreme Court of the State, of Louisiana, under the twenty-fifth section of the act of 1789. The record is voluminous, and nécessarily so from the nature of the controversy in the State courts. But the following summary statement contains all the facts material to the question now before this court upon-the writ of error.
In 1842, Thomas Banks, a citizen of New Orleans, was declared a bankrupt under the act of Congress to establish a ■uniform system of bankruptcy, and F. B. Conrad appointed his assignee. At the time of his…
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