De Gruy's Syndic v. Hennen
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE FIRST HISTRICT. The circumstances of this case are these. In 1812, De Gray,, a planter, became insolvent and filed his petition and schedule in the superior court for the first judicial district— amongst the property surrendered was a tract of land at Ba-rataría, which the syndics having in vain offered for sale, prayed the court to homologate the tableau of distribution as it stood.
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APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE FIRST HISTRICT. The circumstances of this case are these. In 1812, De Gray,, a planter, became insolvent and filed his petition and schedule in the superior court for the first judicial district— amongst the property surrendered was a tract of land at Ba-rataría, which the syndics having in vain offered for sale, prayed the court to homologate the tableau of distribution as it stood. Thomas Durnford, one of the creditors, opposed it on the ground of its homologation invading his rights as mortgagee of the property at Barataría, for three thousand eight hundred…
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Porter, .1.
delivered the opinion of the court.
The insolvent filed his bilan so far back as the year 1812; a considerable portion of his estate was sold and reduced into cash by the syndics, who in November 1814, flied a tableau of distribution. Among the property surrendered was a tract of land at Barataria. In the tableau of distribution the syridics stated that they had exposed this tract three times for sale, and could not find purchasers.
The money on hand was distributed, and the land remaiif ed unsold up to the year 1820-in that year, one Durnford' who had a mortgage on it, applied for…
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