Hutchinson Bros. v. Jones

Hutchinson Bros., on January 9, 1924, sued James W. Jones, Jr., for a balance due, represented by installment notes, on the purchase price of a piano, obtaining, at the same time, a writ of sequestration under which the piano was seized. The defendant, who was the judge of the district court, recused himself and appointed E. St. Anne Prudhomme, Esq., attorney at law, as special judge to hear the cause. A motion to dissolve the writ of sequestration was sustained by the special judge with an award of damages in favor of defendant against the plaintiff. This judgment was reversed by the Court…