Jennings-Heywood Oil Syndicate v. Houssiere-Latreille Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; Philip Sidney Pugh, Judge. Action by the Jennings-Heywood Oil Syndicate against the Houssiere-Datreille Oil Company and others. Rule of sheriff to tax costs and fees. From the judgment defendant in rule appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
By this action the sheriff seeks to recover fees he claims as due him.
*263The sheriff asked the court, by rule, to fix the amount.
On the 10th day of October, 1905, an order nisi was issued by the court. Matters remained in abeyance until the following July. It seems that the costs had accumulated, and the sheriff filed other rules, claiming other costs as having accrued since the first rule was issued.
The answer to the rule of one of the companies, a party to the suit filed June, 1906, sets forth that the functions of the sheriff as exercised in this case “are similar to those of a receiver; but…
2Cited by1 opinion
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