Sonia Cotton Oil Co. v. Steamer Red River

The opinion of the court was delivered’ by ' '

Breaux, J.

This was an action commenced in the District Court by plaintiff to recover possession of one hundred tons of cotton seed and to recover damages for the asserted wrongful detention of the seed. *43A writ of sequestration was issued at the instance of plaintiff and the cotton seed sequestered. The defendant pleaded the general issue and especially pleaded that plaintiff was not the owner of the seed and denied that they had refused to deliver the seed and averred that they offered to deliver it at the landing. Defendants set up in their…