Burdon Central Sugar Refining Co. v. Payne
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. The Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, desiring the instruction of this court for the proper decision of certain questions arising in the above entitled cause, certified the statement of facts set out in full in the margin,1 and thereon propounded the following questions: ’ “First.
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CERTIFICATE FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. The Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, desiring the instruction of this court for the proper decision of certain questions arising in the above entitled cause, certified the statement of facts set out in full in the margin,1 and thereon propounded the following questions: ’ “First. It being shown that the cane sold by appellees, J. U. Payne & Company et als., to the Ferris Sugar Manufacturing Company, Limited, pursuant to the contract' between the parties, was grown on lands not embraced within the limits of the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
By Article 3183 of the Civil Code of Louisiana, it is provided : “ The property of the debtor is the common pledge of his creditors, and the proceeds of its sale must be distributed among them ratably, unless there exist among the creditors some lawful causes of preference ” ; by Article 3184: “ Lawful causes of preference are privilege and mortgages ”by Article 3185 : “ Privilege can be claimed only for those debts to which it is expressly granted in this code ”; by Article 3186: “ Privilege is a right, which the nature of a debt gives to a creditor.” Article 2705 provides: “The lessor has,…
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