Hogan v. Carras

The plaintiff, who is a resident of the State of Mississippi, acting as the agent of-third parties, sold to the defendant, who is also a resident of the State of Mississippi, the steamboat P. O. Wallis, and in part payment of the price, received a note dated March 10th, 1856, payable on the 22d September following. On the 22 d March, 1856, twelve days after the date of the note and six months before its maturity, the plaintiff caused the steamer to be attached, on the ground that the defendant was a non-resident and was about to remove the said boat out of the State of Louisiana, before the…