Barney v. De Russy
Supreme Court of Louisiana
This was an action before the District Court for the parish of Natchitoches, Campbell, J., against John A. De Russy, sheriff of that parish, and Paul Tulane and Joseph C. Baldwin.
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The plaintiff obtained a judgment against the defendants in solido for a trespass, committed by the seizure of his goods on a fieri facias, which issued on a judgment obtained by Tulane and another against a third person, and executed by one of the defendants, De Russy, as sheriff. All the defendants ap-, pealed.
The case was tried by a jury, and a close examination of the evidence has impressed our minds with the belief that the trespass was clearly proven.
Roysden, for the plaintiff. Boyce, for the defendant.
The counsel for the appellants has urged that the district court erred in overruling…
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