St. Martin v. Mestaye

The plaintiff and appellee states in substance that he was overseer on the plantation of Widow Louis Labranche, in the Parish of St. Charles, under the management and control of said Mestayé and Labarre, and that a large amount of money is due him; that there are three bales of cotton in New Orleans, in the hands of E. Bordelois, commission merchant, upon which he has a privilege as overseer; he obtained a sequestration; prayed that the defendants be cited, and that, after due proceedings, there be a judgment in his favor for the amount of the proceeds of said cotton.

The defendant, Francis…