Ardis & Co. v. Turner & U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

On October 13, 1923, plaintiff sued James S. Franklin in the District Court of Vernon Parish for $3400.00 the alleged price of a lot of goods he sold to said Franklin, claiming a vendor’s privilege thereon, and obtained the issuance of a writ of sequestration under which these goods were sequestrated by D. F. Turner, sheriff of that parish. On May 15, 1924, the district judge rendered judgment for plaintiff company against Franklin for $2939.52, which expressly maintained the writ of sequestration, and recognized plaintiff’s vendor’s lien on the goods seized under the writ.

Plaintiff alleges…