Tompkins v. Henry Lochte Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Ninth Judicial District Court, Parish of Plaquemines; R. E. Ilingle, Judge. Injunction by Linn C. Tompkins against the Henry Lochte Company, Limited. Prom judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, C. J.
Plaintiff enjoins the execution of a writ of seizure and sale on the ground that the property threatened with seizure is his homestead. That property is a tract in Plaquemines parish, measuring about 3 arpents front on the river by 40 arpents in depth, with a house and some other improvements on it. Plaintiff bought it for $900 in 190S, moved into the house within a few days after his purchase, and lived there, with his family, consisting of a wife and one daughter, aged at that time three •or four years, endeavoring to earn a living by keeping a small store, cultivating the lard, and trading…
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