Socola Rice Mill Co. v. Gitz

This is a suit for the possession of 774 sacks of rough rice, and on failure to obtain the rice, then for its value, amounting to $3,700.

The plaintiff claims to have purchased the rice from the defendants, and that the said rice was to be delivered on board of vessel at Madisonville, St. Tammany parish, but that the defendants failed to comply with their contract.

A sequestration was issued and the rice seized, but a few days thereafter it was released by defendants on bond.

The defendants first filed a motion to set aside the sequestration on the ground that the plaintiff’s petition did not…