Blake v. His Creditors

On the 25th of May, 1824, William Blake made'a surrender of his property to his creditors; and accordingly, a meeting of his creditors, after due notice given to them, was held on the 21st of August following, before the Judge of the parish of Iberville, when J. B. Rills being found to have obtained a majority of the votes of all the creditors present, was declared by the said Parish Judge, in his proces verbal of the deliberations, to have been duly appointed syndic. A copy of the said proces verbal having been filed and deposited with the Clerk of the District Court, an opposition was made…