Matthews v. Byford

WILLIAMS, Judge.

This suit was instituted by Frank W. Matthews on a promissory note signed by H. L. Byford in the amount of $1600. Plaintiff alleged that Byford was about to leave the state and caused the seizure of defendant’s automobile and other movable property under a writ of attachment. Defendant answered, denying plaintiff’s allegation that he was leaving the state, and in reconvention, sought damages and attorney’s fees for the alleged wrongful attachment. Judgment was rendered in plaintiff’s favor on the principal demand and in defendant’s favor on the reconventional demand for…