Case Name: Julien Tournillon v. His Creditors
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1868-02
Citations: 20 La. 181
Docket Number: No. 1566
Parties: Julien Tournillon v. His Creditors.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 20
Pages: 181–182

Head Matter:
No. 1566.
Julien Tournillon v. His Creditors.
By the act of the Legislature of March 15th, 1855, the Judge of the District Court is empowered under certain circumstances to authorize the sheriff to perform the duties of syndic of the creditors of insolvents.
The decree of the Court authorizing the sheriff to perform the duties of syndic, is an appointment to that trust, and must have its effect, until reversed on appeal, or set aside by direct action of nullity.
Where the sheriff has been designated as syndic of the creditors of an insolvent by decree of tho Court, no other person can be appointed until the appointment of the sheriff has been revoked or annulled.
APPEAL from the District Court, Parish of Assumption, Beauvais, J.
Benjamin, Bonford & Finney, for plaintiff.
Belcher & Beatty, and Clarke & Bayne, for A. Shiff, appellant.
Gentile & Whittington, for E. Yives, appellee.

Opinion:
Hyman, C. J.
The District Judge decreed that the sheriff of the parish of Assumption he authorized to perform the duties of syndic of the creditors of Julien Tournillon, an insolvent.
The sheriff, after the decree, applied for and obtained an order of Court, calling a meeting of the creditors of the insolvent, to deliberate and decide as to the best mode of disposing of the property surrendered by the insolvent.
Arthur Shiff, a creditor, appeared at the meeting and voted that a sale for. cash he made of the property, and also voted for himself, as syndic. The proceedings of the meeting having been filed in Court, the sheriff opposed the homologation of that part of the proceedings of the creditors at the meeting that voted Shiff. syndic, on the ground that he, sheriff, was syndic, &c. The Court in homologating the proceedings, rejected' the claim of Shiff to be syndic, and confirmed the sheriff in the office. Shiff has appealed.
By the 27th section of an act entitled "an act relative to a voluntary' surrender of property and mode of proceedings,''approved March 15,1855, the Judge was empowered under certain circumstances to authorize the sheriff to perform in every rfespect the functions of syndic of the creditors of insolvents.
The decree of the Court authorizing the sheriff to perform the duties of syndic, virtually appointed him syndic. No appeal has been taken from this judgment, .and no action of nullity has been brought to annul it. It must stand and have its effect until reversed by appeal, or annulled and set aside-'by action of nullity.
Shiff has not asked for the removal of the sheriff as syndic, but, that he, Shiff, be appointed syndic.
The law does not allow the appointment of a syndic when there is already one, and when there are no steps taken to remove him.
The mistake of Shiff was in supposing that there was no representative of the creditors.
Judgment affirmed; appellant to pay costs of appeal.