Perret v. Coleman
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Certiorari to Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit. Action by Ursin Perret and others against C. W. Coleman. Judgment for plaintiffs was reversed by the Court of Appeal, and they apply for certiorari or writ of review.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.
Plaintiffs instituted suit in the district court for the parish of St. Mary, alleging that J. T. Dowdell had, without authority and clandestinely, cut and removed from their land cross-ties to the value of $1,200 which were still in his possession, and praying that they be sequestered, that the defendant be cited, and for judgment with privilege on said ties. A writ of sequestration was accordingly issued, under which the ties were seized, and on motion of defendant they were released on his furnishing bond in the sum of $750, with C. W. Coleman as surety. The defendant then answered, the…
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