Legal Opinion

Goforth v. His Creditors

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 15, 1819Published

Appeal from the court of the parish and city of New’-Orleans.

1Opinion of the CourtDerbignY, J.

In this case a tableau of distribution of the monies, proceeding from the estate of Wil-liarn Goforth, an insolvent debtor, was filed by the syndics of his creditors, vmd was opposed by f tpem Antoine Curraby, who, as vendor * 9 J . Gf a house which constituted the principal part of . . . , „ .. the said estate, pretends to be entitled to the lull price of that house above all other priviUdges.

Carraby is not a creditor, who exercised the right of revendication, that is to say, of taking back his property in kind, without suffering it to be included in the common stock of all the creditors. He…

2Cases cited1 opinion

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