Jacobs v. Bogart

The facts which led to this appeal are as follows : In December, 1837, Coleman Williams obtained.in the District Court of the First Judicial District, a judgment against Wilhelmus Bogart, for $16,716 32. In April, 1840, Charles A. Jacobs, also a judgment creditor of Bogart, instituted proceedings against him in the Commercial Court, to compel a forced surrender of all his property, undér the act of 1808, for the relief of insolvent debtors in actual custody. The creditors met in open court, voted unanimously for W. Bogart to be the syndic of his own estate, giving him the most extensive…