Houma Steel & Supply, Inc. v. Allied Towing Services, Inc.

GULOTTA, Judge.

Plaintiff, a steel supplier who furnished materials for construction of a deck barge, appeals from a judgment dissolving a writ of sequestration of the vessel. We affirm.

Houma Steel & Supply, Inc. (Houma) filed a “PETITION FOR MONEY JUDGMENT AND WRIT OF SEQUESTRATION” on January 5, 1982, against Johnny Barbier d/b/a Barbier Enterprises (Barbier). Houma claimed $18,778.29 due for steel and other materials sold to Barbier and used by him to construct a barge. To protect its claim, Houma filed a writ of sequestration directing seizure of the vessel and recognition of plaintiffs…