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Coiron v. Millaudon

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 15, 1857PublishedCited by 35 opinions

This ■ was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana, sitting as a court of equity. ■ , ' The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.

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This ■ was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana, sitting as a court of equity. ■ , ' The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. The point upon which the case was decided was'thus stated by Mr. Benjamin: „• I. There is an absence of the parties ind spensable ,in-tho • • suit. - .- The complainants seek to set' aside' a .e de- made bytthe creditors of Coirón, through,the agency of their syndic, to Milr laudon and Lesseps. Tu order to do this, both vendor and vendees must be parties. •Shields v. Barrow, 17 Howard, 131. It…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson

This is an appeal from a decree of the district judge, sitting in the Circuit Court of the United States ,for the eastern district of Louisiana.

The bill was filed in the court below, by two of .the heirs of J. J. Coirón, against Alexander Lesseps/ Laurent Millaudon, and others, to set aside a sale of a plantation and slaves to the two defendants named, in 1834, in pursuance of proceedings ■in a case of insolvency before a parish court in the city of New' Orleans.

The father of thé compláinants, having become insolvent in ■ 1833, applied to the court for liberty to surrender his property for…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Shields v. BarrowSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
  2. The Mechanics Bank of Alexandria v. LOUISA & MARIA SETONSupreme Court of the United States · 1828

3Cited by35 opinions

  1. State of Washington v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1936
  2. Sioux City Terminal Railroad & Warehouse Co. v. Trust Co. of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1897
  3. Swan Land & Cattle Co. v. FrankSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  4. Gregory v. StetsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  5. Rogers v. Penobscot Mining Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907

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