Bres v. Cowan

The motion to dismiss in this case is overruled.

Upon the merits, we find the action to have been commenced by sequestration of twenty-eight bales of cotton upon the plantation of the Cowans, upon which the plaintiffs claimed the privilege of the furnisher of supplies.

The intervenor, Paulk, claimed nine bales of the cotton as owner, and a privilege upon the remaining nineteen bales. The latter claim has been entirely abandoned, and the only question of practical importance before us, is the conflict, as to the nine bales, betweeu the claim of the plaintiffs, as furnishers of supplies, and that…