Succession of Gaulden
Succession of Gaulden
Opinion of the Court
This is an opposition to a tableau of distribution. Reynolds, Byrne dc Go. obtained a judgment against Wade 3. Gaulden, which was partially executed by taking a twelve months’ bond on the 5th of November, 1842. On the 19th of April, 1847, an execution having been sued out on the twelve months’ bond, two tracts of land were seized by the'Sheriff to satisfy the same. On the 4th of June, 1847, the day fixed for the sale, the parties in execution agreed to its postponement to the first Saturday of the ensuing month. Gaul-den consented to a further postponement to the first Saturday of September, and waived the usual advertisements. There appears to be no evidence of any other agreement between the parties in relation to the sale of the property
The plaintiffs claimed a privilege to be paid in preference to the other creditors out of the proceeds of this sale by virtue of the alleged seizure, and prayed to be accordingly ranked on the tableau. They are appellants from the judgment of the District Court rejecting their demands. We think that the Judge a quo did not err. Nothing shows that the property continued to be under the operation of the alleged seizure until the opening of the succession. It is unnecessary for us to express any opinion, whether the privilege accorded under Article 722 of the Code of Practice to the seizing creditor, may be kept alive by the mere postponement of a Sheriffs’ sale from time to time to an unusual period, by consent of parties, so as to affect the rights of other creditors of the seized debtor.
It is threfore ordered, adjudged and decred that the judgment of the District Court be affirmed with costs in both courts.
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