Lauve v. His Creditors
Lauve v. His Creditors
Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from a judgment homologating a tableau of distribution amended by the inferior court. The judge a quo, says, in the judgment appealed from, that “ the general
This case presents exactly the same question as one of those which were lately submitted to us, in the case'of Monrose v; His Creditors, ante, p. 280, and in which we held, that according to art. 3234 of the Civil Code, the vendor was only bound to pay the commissions of the syndic who administered partly for his benefit, and such other charges as were necessary to affect the sale of the thing. Under this rule, the First Municipality was not bound to contribute pro rata to all the law charges, and other special privileges. Its contributions should have been limited to the charges specified in the article of the Code above referred to, which, in the present case, would consist in the proportion of the expenses of appraisement and public notices, the auctioneer’s and syndic’s commissions, charges for the auctioneer’s stall, if paid by the syndic, and in the amount due to the surveyor, for his plat and services, if any such were made and rendered previous to the sale.
It is, therefore, ordered, that the judgment appealed from, so far as it relates to the contribution pro rata complained of by the First Muncipality, be reversed; that the tableau of distribution homo-logated by the lower court be amended, so as to charge the said Municipality only with the amount which it is bound to support under the rule above recognized ; that the case be remanded for the purpose only of ascertaining and liquidating the amount of costs and expenses which the appellant is bound to support, and
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Theodule Lauve v. His Creditors
- Status
- Published