State Ex Rel. Knighton v. Derryberry

PONDER, Justice.

This is a rule on the district judge and the defendants to show cause why the writ of mandamus should not issue directing the district judge to grant the relators, plaintiffs, a suspensive appeal from the order of the district court setting aside a writ of judicial sequestration previously issued by the district court.

The facts in the case are, namely, viz.: The plaintiffs on July 1, 1937, filed a peti-tory action against the defendants alleging that they were owners of an undivided half interest in a 40-acre tract of land situated in the parish of Caddo; that the defendants…