Clavarie & Noble v. Waggaman

Concerning the facts in this case, as set out in the petition, there is no dispute. The question of law involved is, whether the civil sheriff of this parish was justified in releasing from seizure the steamboat Seminole, which he had taken under a writ of sequestration, basing his action upon plaintiff’s neglect to furnish bond of indemnity demanded under section 3579 Bevised Statutes. That section authorizes sheriffs who have seized, or maybe required to seize, personal property, “by virtue of any mesne or final process, to demand, when such property is claimed by a third person, a bond of…