Legal Opinion
Noyes v. Willard
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana
Decided November 15, 1871PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In equity. This cause was heard upon the sufficiency of defendant's pleas to the bill oi complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The bill is filed hy Noyes, who alleges himself to be a citizen of Louisiana, against Norton as assignee in bankruptcy of Victor Hebert and against James A. Willard, both of whom are also averred to be citizens of Louisiana. The case made by the bill is in substance this: Among the assets of the bankrupt Hebert which passed to Norton, his assignee in bankruptcy, was a promissory note made by complainant for the payment to the order of Hebert of ¡pl,S42, and dated May 22, 1865. Before his bankruptcy, to wit: on the 17th of February, 1S66, Hebert, the payee, being then the…
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