Leefe v. Walker
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the commercial court of New Orleans. This is an attachment suit. The plaintiff alleges, that D. & J. B. Walker, [2] of Mobile, lately trading under the firm of Walker, Knight & Oo., in New Orleans, are indebted to him in the sum of $1000. That they have a large interest in a cargo of logwood, consigned to J. Roberts & Oo., in New Orleans, which he attaches, and prays judgment for the amount of his claim.
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Appeal from the commercial court of New Orleans. This is an attachment suit. The plaintiff alleges, that D. & J. B. Walker, [2] of Mobile, lately trading under the firm of Walker, Knight & Oo., in New Orleans, are indebted to him in the sum of $1000. That they have a large interest in a cargo of logwood, consigned to J. Roberts & Oo., in New Orleans, which he attaches, and prays judgment for the amount of his claim. He propounds interrogatories to said firm, and cites them as garnishees, who answered, among other things, that the logwood belonged jointly to thS defendants and Oapt. Taylor, of…
1Opinion of the CourtGaei-and, J.
This suit was commenced by attachment. The plaintiff claims $1000 of the defendants, and cites J. Roberts & Oo. as garnishees. He propounded interrogatories to them to ascertain if they have not in their possession a quantity of logwood belonging to D. & J. B. Walker, two of the defendants, which was imported in the schooner Rosario from Tabasco, or the proceeds thereof, if sold. The garnishees, in their answers, say they know of no interest Walker, Knight & Co., or D. & J. B. Walker, have in the logwood. That it was consigned to them by Manuel Peyro, of Tabasco, who instructed them to sell…
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