Amite Auto Co. v. Appel

C. L. Appel, the defendant herein, was indebted unto the Amite Auto Company, in the sum of $617.75, on an open account. On learning that he had left the state, that company, plaintiff in this proceeding, obtained an order for a writ of attachment from the district court, under which the sheriff seized 2 one and one-half ton Chevrolet trucks and one one and one-half ton Ford truck, which belonged to the defendant. An attorney ad hoc was appointed to represent the absentee defendant, and to have proper service made on him. The latter made no appearance in court, howevert and judgment went by…