Avart v. King
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, JUDGE WATTS PRESIDING. In this case the sheriff having executed an order of sequestration, at the instance of the plaintiff, sequestered and took into his possession fifty-four head of cattle and horses, and kept them from the 29th of November, 1834, to the 25th of December following.
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Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, JUDGE WATTS PRESIDING. In this case the sheriff having executed an order of sequestration, at the instance of the plaintiff, sequestered and took into his possession fifty-four head of cattle and horses, and kept them from the 29th of November, 1834, to the 25th of December following. He then took a rule on the plaintiff, to show cause, why she should not pay over to him the amount of his account for costs and expenses, according to an account and fee bill which he annexed. On the day fixed for the trial of the rule, the…
1Opinion of the CourtRost, J.
The sheriff of the parish of Jefferson took a rule upon the plaintiff, to show cause, why she should not pay him the bill of costs due him, the said sheriff, in this suit, and the costs incurred in keeping fifty-four head of cattle and horses taken possession of by him, by virtue of an order of the court; his bill of costs and expenses was annexed to the rule. The rule was duly served upon the plaintiff, but she did not appear upon the day of the return, and failed to show cause. The court, on her default, made the rule absolute, and ordered the amount of the sheriff’s account to be paid to…
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