Foret v. Stark

This is a proceeding by rule to compel Dr. Thomas Stark, in his official capacity as Sheriff of the Parish of Lafourche, to return to Eloie Foret, plaintiff, in rule, a cow.

On May 3, 1940, Dr. Stark, through one of his deputies, in his official capacity as Sheriff for the Parish of Lafourche, under a search warrant issued by one of the justices of the peace for the parish of Lafourche, to search the premises of plaintiff for stolen cattle, seized and took into custody a cow claimed to be owned by one Ignace Pitre. The deputy sheriff, in company with the claimant of the cow, then made an…