General Finance Co. of Louisiana v. Veith

McCALEB, Judge.

This is a controversy involving the title to a certain Buick automobile. On December 4, 1936, the plaintiff finance company, alleging that it is the owner of the car and that the defendant was in possession of it, applied for and obtained a writ of sequestration directing the constable of the First city court to seize and hold it until further orders of court. In obedience to the writ, the constable seized the automobile from the defendant, who later bonded the seizure.

The defendant claims that the writ of sequestration was improvidently issued for-asmuch as he is the lawful…