Pickett v. Miller

EDWARDS, Judge.

Plaintiff, Bobby Pickett, a resident of Terrebonne Parish filed suit against the defendant C. E. Miller d/b/a Miller Seafoods on open account to collect a debt resulting from the sale of commercial seafood.

Since Miller was a resident of Florida, jurisdiction was obtained through a nonresident attachment. Pursuant to the writ of non-resident attachment the Sheriff of Terrebonne Parish seized a refrigerated trailer truck, owned by Miller, while it was in Terrebonne Parish.

Miller substituted a surety bond in order to release the seizure on his truck and the appellant, Adams,…