New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-04-28
UNITED STATES DlA1kICT co RT
DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA.
IN THE MATTER OF /. j. PHILLIPS, BANK
Ia Il ankruptcy-No. 5ss


ITO THE HONORABLE E. H. DURELL,
/ Judge OF the District Coura OF the United
States for the District OF Louisiana sitting IN bank
| ruptcy:
Orleans herein appearing as the assignee IN bank
ruptcs of the estate OF L. j. Philips, bankrupt, TO-
specfully represents thar among the sssets surren-
dered BY the bant rupt and belonging TO the afore
said estate in ban&ruptcy, there is The following
described real estate situated IN the state OF Lou
lslsna in he parish of Claiborne, 10 Wit
the sou5h invest quarter q ne northwest quarter
section wtnty three ID toFushIp twenty OF range
nine west, excepting the northwest qusrter OF the
| last Nance quarter section; also, the northwest
quarter of the southwest quarter OF section twenty
| four, township twenty, range nine west
Your ettioper turt Eer repre- 5eDts tnat the here.
inbefore described real e.Jate Is. as appears of
record, lncumbered and charged with the following
hereinafter specified mortgages, Judgments, liens
| ana privileges resting thereon, TO wit:
| Mortgage IN favor of L O. krous Tor S4OO
imnossIbIe for nm to determine the validity of SAID
| membranes and the amount due thereon; that ne
can not ne ssus md d r credors hold
ing said urity, provided in section twenty or
the bankrupt act OF 1901. And that II is necessary
in order to ascertain the value or SAID property ano
| for the due, proper and speedy ADMINISTRATION OF
said estate, and for the interest of the creditors
therein. mat said estate be sold at Du0c AUCTION,
| free and clear of all membranes. That all said
judgments, mortgages, liens and privileges recorded
against said property he canceied and erased, so
| that your petitioner can convey clear aud unin-
numbered title TO any purchaser 'hereo!, reservlng
to said r. D. Krous and to all other persons, e.
their rights law the proceeds Of the sale OF said
| property upon the distribution thereof.
| Wherefore your petitioner prays that he may DO
| ordered and authorized to sell said property above
descr, bed public auction free and clear from all
membranes. hat all said judgments, mort gag es,
hens and Or vileges recorded against said property
be canoe led ana erased thai your petitioner can
| convey clear and unlncumbered title u any pur.
chaser thereof, reservng 10 SAID +. O. hrous, and
TO all other persons all the rights in law 10 the pro
ceeds of sale of said property according to their
rank And ne prays for all other necessary orders.
(Signed) a. DEB. HUGHES, Attorney.
| On motion of A. Deb Hughes attorney of E. E.
| Norton. assignee and upon suggesting 10 the court
that ne has filed in this court the foregoing petl
| ttou il ordered that r. .. krous, Germantown,
Louisiana, and all other parties ia interest. do snow
cause upon the fourteenth day OF May, A ID 1870, a.
eleven O'Clock A. Nj, before this court, why the salc
petition should not be granted and said property
sold as prayed for and why all membranes re-
corded against said property should not be can
celed and erased And it is further ordered tna
notice of this petition and order be served upon SAFE
f. q. Krous and al other persons by serving cop!
thereof upon them, their agent attorney or b
SAID f. E NertoR assignee, publishing copy O
said petition and order three times IN the New Gr
leans Republican newspaper printed in New Or
leans. the last publication to be- made at least V'
days before the day of hearing.
Signed April 6, 1870.
A true copy: +. h. DURELL, judge
Clerks office, New Orleans, April 6, lao
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