Legal Opinion

State v. Judge of the Commercial Court

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 15, 1840PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Eastern Dist. ON AN APPLICATION FOR. A MANDAMOS. The plaintiffs, J. A. & T. Cowles, in the original suit, out of which the present proceedings grew, by their agent in New-Orleans, made affidavit, that the defendant, John Haggerty, was justly indebted to them in the sum of eight thousand one hundred and eleven dollars, with interest; that . . ... 1/1 they have a privilege or mortgage on the steam-boat Corvette, owned by the defendant, who resides out of the state, and fear…

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Eastern Dist. ON AN APPLICATION FOR. A MANDAMOS. The plaintiffs, J. A. & T. Cowles, in the original suit, out of which the present proceedings grew, by their agent in New-Orleans, made affidavit, that the defendant, John Haggerty, was justly indebted to them in the sum of eight thousand one hundred and eleven dollars, with interest; that . . ... 1/1 they have a privilege or mortgage on the steam-boat Corvette, owned by the defendant, who resides out of the state, and fear that he will remove the same out of the jurisdiction of the court, or dispose of the same during the pendency of this…

1Opinion of the CourtSimon, J.

A rule having been taken on the judge of the Commercial Court, to show cause why he should ,not grant a suspensive appeal from an interlocutory judgment by him rendered in the progress of this suit, directing the sheriff to deliver to Young Stephenson and William Coffin, the steam-boat Corvette, attached and sequestered at the suit of plaintiffs, on said defendants giving their bond in the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, with security, &c., shows for cause : That Stephenson & Coffin, to whom, it is alleged, that a fictitious and simulated sale of the boat attached and sequestered, was made…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. State ex rel. City of New Orleans v. Judge of the Eighth District CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1870
  2. State ex rel. Richardson v. St. PaulSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905

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