Pope v. Hunter
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE PARISH COURT, FOR THE PARISH AND CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS. This is an attachment suit, and the case turns solely on the validity of the attachment.
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APPEAL FROM THE PARISH COURT, FOR THE PARISH AND CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS. This is an attachment suit, and the case turns solely on the validity of the attachment. On the 28th April, 1838, Chauncey Powers, a member of the firm of Pope, Powers & Smith, declared on oath, that James Hunter is justly indebted to said firm, in the sum of two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars, besides interest, damages, &c.; that said sum is now due, and that James Hunter resides out of the state of Louisiana. The plaintiffs filed a bond for the sum of three thousand six hundred dollars. On the day following the…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
This is an attachment suit, and the plaintiff is appellant from the judgment which dismisses it. The attachment was obtained on an affidavit that the sum due was twenty-three hundred and fifty dollars, besides interest, damages, &c. The penalty of the bond is thirty-six hundred dollars. On the day following that on which the attachment, was obtained, the petition was filed, in which the plaintiff’s demand is stated to be twenty-three hundred and fifty dollars, with *308interest from protest, and four dollars costs of protest, and damages at the rate of ten per cent.
Where an attaching creditor…
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