Huckins v. Leitner

Opinion by

Willson, J.

§ 16. Sequestration; affidavit for writ of, must so describe property as to identify it. Appellee sued appellant for a horse alleged to be worth $500, and for $100 damages for the wrongful taking and detention of said horse by appellant. She sued out a writ of sequestration, which was a lien upon the horse, and appellant replevied. She recovered judgment for $100, the value of the horse, $100 damages, and costs. It was error to overrule appellant’s motion to quash the sequestration proceeding, because the affidavit for the writ does not sufficiently describe the horse to…