Dwight v. Carson
Dwight v. Carson
Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the court was pronounced by
The plaintiffs were sued by the administrator of Johnson for the residue of the price of the slave Isabella, and resisted the demand on the .ground that the slave was entitled to her freedom. A judgment was rendered «gainst them, in solido, for $131 88, which ,on an appeal to the Supreme
The slave was adjudicated to the plaintiff, W. C. Dwight, for $700, and he insists that, under the decree of the Supreme Court, he has a right to demand security for the reimbursement of the entire price, in the event of eviction. To this he is clearly not entitled. Pie had paid the first instalment, and, on a seizure and sale of the slave, $232 62 had been made, and applied towards the second instalment. These payments having been made previous to the disturbance, he was not authorised to demand security as regards them. Civil Code, art. 2538.
The bonds filed were for a sufficient sum to cover the amount for which the administrator was bound to give security, and we think there is no weight in the objection that two bonds were given instead of one. The obligors in both were the same, and the second was given as an additional security, upon the complaint of the plaintiff, W. C. Dwight, that the first was insufficient.
This plaintiff complains that the bonds were not formally presented to him, and that no opportunity was afforded of objecting to their sufficiency, or of paying the debt without the further accumulation of costs, if he had deemed them adequate. It is clear that he was aware that the bonds had been filed when he obtained his injunction, and yet he made no objection that the surety offered was not possessed of the qualifications required by law. If that objection had been taken and sustained by proofs, his injunction must have been sustained; or, if he had deemed the security sufficient, and paid the debt, he could not have been taxed with the costs of an execution which issued previous to notice, or a tender of security. The plaintiff was exposed to no loss which required that the execution of the judgment should be suspended, in order to protect his rights.
The two judgments held bjW.C.Dwight cannot be allowed as offsets against the defendant’s demand. Carson, claims as the administrator of a succession which the plaintiffs themselves aver to be insolvent, and both of the judgments which Dwight offers in compensation were acquired long after he became the debtor of the succession. His claim can only be paid contradictorily with the .other creditors. Crain v. Baillio, 2 La. 84. Civil Code, art. 1056.
Judgment affirmed.
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