American Creosote Works, Inc. v. City of Monroe

The Electric Appliance Company (the et al in the caption) is a corporation domiciled in the parish of Orleans; was, at the time this suit began, in the hands of a receiver appointed by the civil district court for the parish of Orleans; and is now in bankruptcy before the' United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

The receiver first, and now the trustee in bankruptcy, admit, and do not deny, that said Electric Appliance Company is indebted to plaintiff in the sum of $3,609.28, less a dividend of $252.69 paid it by the receiver (balance due, $3,356.59); being the…