Case Name: JOHNSTONE vs. THOMPSON
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1831-05
Citations: 2 La. 410
Docket Number: 
Parties: JOHNSTONE vs. THOMPSON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 410–411

Head Matter:
JOHNSTONE vs. THOMPSON.
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE PARISH AND CITY OF NEW-OREEANS.
The general received opinion of the words to abscond, is the act of a person who leaves any particular place clandestinely, or of one who conceals or hides himself.
Eastern District,
May 1831.
M! Grady for appellant. Preston for the appellee.

Opinion:
This action was instituted under the following circum- ° stances: — The plaintiff having absented himself from the state, three of his creditors filed a petition for a forced surrender, under the allegation of his being an absconding debtor. His property was sequestred and deposited in the hands of the defendant, as syndic for the creditors. The plaintiff returned, and instituted this action for the purpose of annulling the proceedings of the creditors, and effecting a return of his property. The plaintiff adduced proof of his absence being merely temporary. The defendant gave in evidence the record of the proceedingsin the forced surrender. There was judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant appealed.