Legal Opinion
Serra é Hijo v. Hoffman & Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 15, 1878No. 6652PublishedCited by 12 opinions
APPEAL from the Fifth District Court, parish of Orleans. Rogers, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Spencer, J.
Plaintiff obtained judgment against Hoffman & Co. for $1945 29 in gold, with five per cent interest in gold from twenty-sixth November, 1872, and costs.
Defendants took a suspensive appeal, giving Wolkart as surety on the bond. Pending this appeal, Hoffman & Co. were adjudged bankrupts and discharged as such.
*68The appeal was tried and the judgment below affirmed against Hoffman & Co. who, however, afterward pleaded their discharge from the judgment.
The plaintiff thereupon in due form proceeded against the surety for the amount of the judgment…
2Cited by12 opinions
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