Cammack v. Griffin
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Commercial Court of New Orleans, Watts, J. . Moore sold to the defendant, Griffin, in October, 1845, the steamer Sea Bird, by notarial act.
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APPEAL from the Commercial Court of New Orleans, Watts, J. . Moore sold to the defendant, Griffin, in October, 1845, the steamer Sea Bird, by notarial act. Tho act of sale recites : “ That this sale is made for the price of $10,500, in part payment of which said purchaser has paid to the vendor $3,500 in ready money; and in payment of the balance of said price, to wit, $7000, the said purchaser has, first, furnished his three several promissory notes, for the sum of $8,00 06 each, each drawn to the order of and endorsed by William K. English, dated this day, and payable &c.; and second, tho…
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the court was pronounced by
Eustis, C. J.*
The appeal before us is from a judgment of the late Commercial Court of New Orleans, distributing the proceeds of the steamer Sea Bird among the different classes of creditors. It is prepared with great care, and we regret that it is not in our power to determine several important questions of law which the learned judge has passed upon inhis opinion.
*179We concur in the judgment as to the distribution in favor of the creditors, which gives them a preference to the privilege claimod for the vendor. The balance, §2,517 67, which is assigned…
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