Pumphrey v. Delahoussaye

The plaintiff, Pumphrey, having given a twelve months’’ bond, with Dancy as his surety, execution issued upon it at its maturity, which was levied on a tract of land and some sugar and molasses, by Delahoussaye, acting as the sheriff of the parish of St. Mary. Pumphrey obtained an injunction to stay proceedings, and gave Dancy as surety on the injunction bond.

The grounds for the injunction, as set forth in his petition, *43w.ere: First, That Delahoussaye had no authority to act as sheriff; Second, That he did not. demand property to be advertised and sold to satisfy said writ, but obeyed the…