Interstate Land Co. v. Doyle

Citations

• 120 La. 46
• 44 So. 918
• 1907 La. LEXIS 604

Syllabus

<p>1. Sequestration — Joint Owners.</p> <p>A judicial sequestration had been issued, and property belonging to joint owners seized under the writ of sequestration.</p> <p>2. Same — Dissolving- Bond.</p> <p>One of the joint owners (defendant in the proceedings) moved to set aside the ex officio sequestration, or, in the alternative, to be permitted to dissolve the sequestration by furnishing bond.</p> <p>3. Same — Grounds—Wasting Income.</p> <p>As relates to the first proposition, property of joint owners may be sequestered at the instance of one of the owners for good cause, such as squandering the revenues thereof, or any other act rendering sequestration advisable in the interest of the owner.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — Por cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 43, Sequestration, §§ 1-4.]</p> <p>4. Same — Partition — Dissolution — Discretion.</p> <p>As relates to the alternative proposition, the property was about to be partitioned by Imitation. It has since been sold or is about to be sold. It was within the discretion of the district court to refuse to issue an order to dissolve on bond.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — Eor cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 43, Sequestration, § 36.]</p> <p>5. Same.</p> <p>At this stage of the proceedings no good grounds suggest themselves to set aside the judgment.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>