L. H. Hayward & Co. v. Jules Catering Co.

JANVIER, Judge.

This is a contest over a small sum of money produced by the operation of a restaurant business conducted by a “keeper” appointed by the civil sheriff after the contents of the premises had been seized by the sheriff under a writ of provisional seizure issued on the petition of the owners of the leased premises.

The rival claimants are the said owners on the one hand, who contend that profits produced by the operation of such a “keeper” are subjected to the lessor’s lien, and, on the other hand, a judgment creditor of the tenant, who, under a writ of fieri facias issued by…