Hairy v. Dennistoun

The petitioner claims $384, for the freight of 182 barrels of molasses, and four hogsheads of sugar, transported from Houmas, in Lafourche Interior, to Donaldsonville. He alleges, that the said articles of merchandize were there delivered by him to the agent of the defendants, on the 29th of October, 1839, according to a freight bill annexed to his petition ; that they have not passed into third hands, and that he has a privilege or lien upon the same. The defendants deny that they are in any wise indebted to the plaintiff, and aver that the molasses and sugar, provisionally seized, were…