Presas v. Lanata

The defendant, a judgment creditor of one Ramon Planas, sued out an execution against his» debtor, which he caused to be levied upon a coffee-house and grocery store in the possession of the plaintiff, who held it under an authentic act of sale from the said Ramon Planas. This action is brought to recover $10,000, as damages, which the plaintiff says he has sustained in consequence of the seizure, which he alleges to have been maliciously made by the defendant, to ruin and harass him, and to destroy his standing as a merchant, &c. The answer avers, that the defendant, having obtained a…