Thomas v. Dixon
Supreme Court of Louisiana
ATPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE SIXTH DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE FIFTH PRESIDING. This suit commenced by attachment. The plaintiffs claim a balance of one thousand six hundred dollars, due on the purchase of a tract of land in the parish of Rapides, which was purchased by the defendant at the sale of the succession of William Waters, in 1825. The plaintiff, since the sale, purchased the debt at sheriff’s sale, under two executions against the widow and heirs of Waters’s estate.
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ATPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE SIXTH DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE FIFTH PRESIDING. This suit commenced by attachment. The plaintiffs claim a balance of one thousand six hundred dollars, due on the purchase of a tract of land in the parish of Rapides, which was purchased by the defendant at the sale of the succession of William Waters, in 1825. The plaintiff, since the sale, purchased the debt at sheriff’s sale, under two executions against the widow and heirs of Waters’s estate. The plaintiffs obtained an attachment in the parish of Rapides, on the ground that Dixon, who resides in New-Orleans,…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
This is a suit by attachment The plaintiffs having made I oath that the defendant, who resides in New-Orleans, is indebted to them; and they are informed that he is about to leave the state before judgment may be obtained or executed J against him in the ordinary course of legal proceedings.
A citation issued, directed to the sheriff of the parish of I New-Orleans, who returned it duly served, and a writ of I *127attachment issued to the sheriff of the parish of Rapides, who seized thereon a tract of land of the defendant in this parish.
The court sustained a plea in abatement, that the defendant…
2Cited by1 opinion
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