Vicksburg Liquor & Tobacco Co. v. Jefferies
Supreme Court of Louisiana
PPEAL from the Seventh District Court, Parish of Madison. Montgomery, J. Several creditors, standing in the same predicament, and seeking- the same relief may join in one application. Pecquet vs. Golis, 1, New Series 138. A petition to sot aside conveyances as in fraud of lereditors, which joins several fraudulent grantees, who claim different portions of the debtor’s property, is not subject to the objection that it is multifarious.
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PPEAL from the Seventh District Court, Parish of Madison. Montgomery, J. Several creditors, standing in the same predicament, and seeking- the same relief may join in one application. Pecquet vs. Golis, 1, New Series 138. A petition to sot aside conveyances as in fraud of lereditors, which joins several fraudulent grantees, who claim different portions of the debtor’s property, is not subject to the objection that it is multifarious. Collins etal. vs. Stix et al., Ala., R. Rep. 380; Giraud vs. Mazier, 13 An. 117; Williams vs. Hawthorne, 11 An. 615. The Article 1965 (1970) of the Civil Code,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Nicholls, O. J.
This suit is brought by five different persons, who allege that the defendant Jefferies is justly, legally and severally indebted to them.
*624They aver that in March, 1891, Jefferies filed a petition in the Madison Court, in which he surrendered all of his property to his creditors; that the court- accepted the cession, appointed a provisional syndic, and ordered a meeting of creditors to be called as provided by law. That pending these proceedings in March, 1891, Jefferies abandoned the cession so made and accepted and filed his petition…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bethany v. His CreditorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1844
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