Dempster v. Warner

DORE, Judge.

Plaintiff instituted this suit against defendant for the purpose of establishing her ownership of a houseboat and furniture thereon in the possession of defendant. In her original petition she prayed for and obtained a writ of sequestration by virtue of which the boat was sequestered, and in a supplemental petition she prayed for and obtained another writ by virtue of which the furniture was sequestered.

Defendant, in answer to the original petition, denied the ownership of the boat to be in plaintiff, but asserted his occupancy and ownership thereof; and, in answer to the…