Gails v. Osceola

This suit was commenced by a provisional seizure for the recovery of the sum of $456 40, alleged to he due for materials furnished and work and labor done on the schooner Osceola, for which the plaintiff claimed a privilege on the vessel.

The defendant excepted to the jurisdiction of the court, on the grounds that his domicil was in the parish of Livingston, and that the plaintiff’s privilege, if it ever existed, had been lost by limitation. He also moved to set aside the writ of provisional seizure. His exceptions were overruled, and he answered to the merits by pleading a general denial,…