Reynolds v. Adden

Citations

• 136 U.S. 348
• 10 S. Ct. 843
• 34 L. Ed. 360
• 1890 U.S. LEXIS 2218

Syllabus

<p>■3. H. A. resides in Reading in Massachusetts. J. A., his father, who had formerly resided there, removed to Lancaster in New Hampshire, of which he has since been a resident. The son becoming insolvent, the father became surety for one of his assignees, and for that purpose signed a bond in which he was described as of Reading; Held, that, no one being prejudiced thereby, this did not estop the father in a suit in Louisiana between him and the assignee, involving a claim to property of the insolvent there, from showing that he was not a citizen of Massachusetts, but a citizen of New Hampshire.</p> <p>In Louisiana a transfer of the estate of an insolvent debtor by judicial operation is not binding upon the citizens and inhabitants of Louisiana, or of any other State except the State in which the insolvent proceedings have tafeen place — at least until the legal assignee has reduced the property 'to possession, or done what is equivalent thereto.</p>