Weatherly v. Sheriff
Weatherly v. Sheriff
Opinion of the Court
A husband can sue for a debt due to his wife in his own name, where she is not a public merchant, and he has the administration of her property.
2. It is not necessary to make the debtor a party to a third opposition, claiming a privilege on the proceeds offproperty sold, nor is it necessary, in such a proceeding, to render any judgment against the sheriff, he being merely a stakeholder or nominal party. C. P. 401; 27 An. 243; 29 An. 860.
3. Cash paid for cotton picking, without any special evidence of its necessity, and a limited amount of coffee, sugar, molasses, tobacco and whiskey, are necessary supplies, under the “new order” of labor in our State. 21 An. 488.
4. Where a third opponent is declared to have a superior privilege, sufficient in amount to consume the entire proceeds of
Judge Gunby dissents from points numbered 8 and 4 in this-decision.
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.