Jones v. Monroe
Jones v. Monroe
Opinion of the Court
This suit raises the same issue of title to the same traction engine con
Plaintiff caused said engine to be seized under writs of sequestration, which were dissolved as a result of trial on the merits.
Defendant in answer to the appeal has prayed that the judgment below be amended by awarding him $150 damages for attorney fees.
The motion to dissolve having been referred to and tried with the merits, it is impossible to determine what portion of the .services of counsel related to the release of the property.
There was judgment below in favor of the intervener recognizing and enforcing its alleged vendor’s privilege on the traction engine.
Plaintiff is the only appellant, and no longer has any interest in contesting the claim of intervener.
Judgment affirmed.
Ante, p. 143.
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- JONES v. MONROE
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- Syllabus
- (Syllabus by the Court.) Sequestration @=>17 — Dissolution — Damages. Whore writs of sequestration are dissolved as a result of a trial of a cause on its merits, attorney fees will • not be allowed as damages where it is impossible to determine what portion of the services of counsel related to the release of the property. [Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Sequestration, Cent. Dig. §§ 35-37; Dec. Dig. @=^17.]