Flower v. Pearce

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Watkins, J.

Originally, plaintiffs instituted an ordinary action against the defendants upon an ordinary commercial account, but subsequently supplemented it with an attachment, under which two plantations, properties of one of the defendants, situated in the parish of Rapides, with the growing crops of sugar cane, were seized; and also some other effects thereon, such as mules, etc.

There were three interventions filed by persons claiming the ownership of portions of the properties seized, but the only one with which *854we are at present concerned is that…