Roger v. J. B. Levert Co.’s Empirical Analysis
237 F. 737 · 1916
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently November 1934
5 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
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Relationships
Relies on Moran v. Sturges · Ker v. Evershed · Pugh v. Loisel · Rogers v. Binyon
Most-quoted passages
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““The action pending in the state court between the Levert Company and the Moore Planting Company, at the time the latter filed its petition in bankruptcy, was a personal action, although mortgage rights were involved. See article 12, La. Code of Prac.; Rogers v. Binyon, 124 La. 95 , 49 So. 991 ; also, Ker v. Evershed, 41 La. Ann. 15 , 6 So. 566 . Such action could only have a semblance to a real action after an issuance of a writ of fieri facias and the seizure bf the property on which the lien was claimed, and no writ of fieri facias had been issued, and of course no seizure thereunder. And it may be noticed that in the state of the litigation between the parties no writ of fieri facias could be taken out except at the pleasure and convenience of the Levert Company at any indefinite time within ten years after the rendition of the judgment. “At the time the Moore Company filed its petition in bankruptcy, said company was in full, undisturbed possession of all the plantations and property scheduled as assets in the bankruptcy; and, when the receivers were appointed, they took possession of all the property for the bankruptcy court, and they were in possession and control at the time the order complained of was entered. “The application of the Levert Company to the bankruptcy court for the appointment of one of their number as a co-receiver is a judicial admission of these facts, and it cannot be said that the bankruptcy court has seized and taken possession of property at the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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