Case ID: la-ann_6/html/0411-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Slidell, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

F. H. Petitpain v. A. Redeau et al.
    The obligation of a bankrupt prior to his discharge cannot be offered in compensation of a debt contracted to him since his discharge.
    APPEAL from the Second District Court of New Orleans, Lea, J.
    The judgment of the district court was as follows: “This is a suit on a promissory note duly protested. A. Rideau, the drawer, pleads a stay of proceedings from the Fourth District Court. The endorsers,- J. M. Rideau and David, plead want of notice of protest. The notices appear to be regular. In this case and on the trial, the defendant David asked leave to file a plea in compensation, and filed in support of it a note endorsed by plaintiff, which was protested in April, 1839. Plaintiff filed his certificate of discharge in bankruptcy, dated March 2d, 1843. It is clear, that the obligations of a bankrupt prior to his discharge cannot be allowed to offset claims contracted since his discharge.”
    J. L. Tissot, for plaintiff.
    
      J. C. David, for defendant.
   The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Slidell, J.

For the the reasons assigned by the district judge, the judgment is affirmed, with costs.