Legal Opinion

Hicks Co. v. Thomas

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 27, 1905No. 15,371PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Thomas Fletcher Bell, Judge. Action by the Hicks Company, Limited, against J. Thomas. Judgment for plaintiff, and E. E. Thomas intervened. From a judgment for intervener, plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.

Plaintiff sued defendant on a claim it held against him, and at the same time obtained a writ of attachment against defendant on the ground that he was giving an unfair preference to some of his creditors, and illegally disposing of his property.

The property attached consisted of mules, horses, wagons, scrapers, and other implements, usually termed a “grading outfit.”

Judgment was rendered for plaintiff, and in this judgment the rights of defendant’s wife, Mrs. E._ E. Thomas, intervener, were reserved to be passed on later in the proceedings.

Between plaintiff and defendant there is no issue…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Price v. FlorsheimSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
  2. Dreyfous v. CadeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
  3. Baskin v. AbellLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1929
  4. Day v. GoffLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1925
  5. Eagle Rice & Feed Mills, Inc. v. BourqueLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1933

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