White v. Hawkins

Wright, Williams & Oo. brought suit by attachment against an absent debtor, J. J. B. White, husband of one of the plaintiffs in the present action.

Certain bales of cotton, consigned to Oakey & Hawkins, were attached in that suit as the property of defendant.

Oakey & Hawkins filed an intervention, claiming the possession of the cotton attached, under their bill of lading. Simultaneously with the ■filing of this intervention, they took a rule upon the plaintiffs in attachment, Wright, Williams & Oo., to be allowed to bond the cotton. .This rule was made absolute after hearing argument, and the…