Lavigne v. Russ

It appears, from the record in this case, that an attachment for rent, issued at the instance of the appellees, was levied on a certain slave as the property of A. M. Bellonard. The slave thus distrained was claimed by Joseph Lavigne, the appellant, and was by him re-plevied, under the provisions of the statute. At the return term of the writ, Lavigne filed his declarations in replevin, setting forth. that the appellees had sued out “ an attachment for rent, alleged to be due to them, and in arrear, by one A. M. Bellonard, to the amount of $700, or thereaboutthat said attachment was levied on…