Stetson v. Gurney
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the court of the first judicial district. In this ease, the plaintiffs having seized the sum of $8,000, which was deposited to the credit of the defendant, Gurney, in the Oanal Bank, W. H. Robertson made opposition and claimed the money as belonging to him, and on deposit with the defendant as his cotton broker. He took a rule on the plaintiffs to show cause why the seizure should not be set aside, and the money delivered up to Mm.
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Appeal from the court of the first judicial district. In this ease, the plaintiffs having seized the sum of $8,000, which was deposited to the credit of the defendant, Gurney, in the Oanal Bank, W. H. Robertson made opposition and claimed the money as belonging to him, and on deposit with the defendant as his cotton broker. He took a rule on the plaintiffs to show cause why the seizure should not be set aside, and the money delivered up to Mm. On the trial of the rule, it was shown that Robertson had made large advances of money to Gurney, as broker, to buy cotton for Mm, and on Ms account,…
1Opinion of the CourtBuixakd, J.
The facts which are shown by undoubted evidence in the present ease are, that Stetson and Avery having obtained a judgment against Gurney, a cotton broker, levied an execution upon a sum of $8,000, standing to the credit of their debtor in the Canal Bank. Kobertson, of Mobile, alleging that the fund belonged to him, took a rule on the plaintiffs to show cause why the seizure should not be set aside and the money returned to him. It appears that Robertson had confided to Gurney, as a broker, a sum of $350,000, to be [165] invested in cotton, a part of that amount was deposited by Gurney, in…
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