Adams v. Thibault

In this appeal, we must determine whether the trial court acted properly in dismissing with prejudice an action for damages for an allegedly wrongful attachment of the plaintiff’s automobile. The underlying or basic legal question is whether the posting of a redelivery bond by a defendant in attachment proceedings, and his repossession of his property thereunder, constitutes a waiver of damages in *25a lawsuit subsequently initiated by him for wrongful attachment.

In April, 1954, Nellie Thibault and Leo Thibault instituted an action against Louise Adams, seeking to recover a money judgment in…