State ex rel. Taylor v. Judge of the Superior District Court

The State sued to annul the lease or contract by virtue of which the relator controls and administers the New Canal and shell road extending from the city to the lake.

While this suit was pending for trial in the Superior District Court, the judge, on the suggestion of the Attorney General, made an ex parte order directing the sequestration of the “shell road, the canal, basin, dredge boats, toll gates, horses, mules and all other property connected with, used in its operation or in any wise appertaining thereto.” Under this order all the property was seized by the sheriff.

The relator then…