Lee v. His Creditors
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from? the'FourthlMslfkiP Court of New'Orleans, Strawbridge", J. The facts of this case are stated in the opiniomof the court.
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APPEAL from? the'FourthlMslfkiP Court of New'Orleans, Strawbridge", J. The facts of this case are stated in the opiniomof the court. The main question in this case is — ' Shall the liens granted under a foreign law be enforced By thd courts of Louisiana, in air insolvent' proceeding, to the prejudice, of liens acquired under outlaws, and to the injury of ordinary creditors ? The cciürt a quid considered that the lien uhefer the law of* Kentucky, was part of the cbn'tract: that the'place of the contract was Kentucky; and'that it was bound to give' th'e'same effect to the contract as if the…
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the court was pronounced by
Edstis,- C. J.
This case was-determined in the District Court, after a very elaborate examination- of the subject involved in it on the part of the district judge, who has given us the benefit of his views in an able and well prepared written opinion. The'decision of the district judge was given in favor of certain claims for work done and materials furnished in- building the steamer Old Hickory, in Kentucky, in preference and adversely to an asserted privilege of the vendor.- The party representing this privilege has appealed, and the case has been…
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