Supreme Court of Louisiana December 15, 1858 (Soulié v. Brown, Johnson & Co.)

"Voorhies, J.

The defendants were the holders of two protested promissory notes of Alexander Lesseps, an insolvent debtor. On the 18th of July, 1853, they received from the syndic of the creditors of the insolvent, the sum of $1589 22, as a dividend on account of said notes.