Coco v. Guyral

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Poci-xé, J.

Plaintiff brought this suit on a note of $400 and attached the debtor’s property on the ground that he was about to dispose of the same in fraud of his creditors.

The defence was mainly levelled at the attachment proceedings and ended with a demand in reconvention for damages in the sum of $5000.

The case was tried by a jury, who found a verdict in favor of plaintiff for the amount of his claim, but dissolved his attachment and allowed damages on defendant’s - reconventional demand in the sum of fifty dollars.

Defendant has appealed with a view…