Jacobs v. Augustin

3 La. Ann. 476

• Court: Supreme Court of Louisiana
• Decided: May 15, 1848
• Status: Published

Opinion

The judgment of the court on the re-hearing was pronounced by

Kino. J.

The plaintiff instituted this action to set aside an adjudication made by the sheriff of certain property, which she alleges belongs to her, and was illegally seized to satisfy a judgment rendered against Mrs. Bernard Hart. She also claimed damages for the alleged wrongful acts of the sheriff, and obtained an injunction restraining Romer, the purchaser, and the sheriff, from dispossessing her. Various defences were pleaded by the defendants, and Romer prayed for the dissolution of the injunction, with damages. The district judge sustained the sheriff’s sale, dissolved the injunction, and condemned the plaintiff and her surety, in solido, to pay Romer $100, special damages. That judgment we affirmed. Upon a reconsideration of the testimony, we still think that the validity of the sheriff’s sale was properly maintained. The judge, however, erred in awarding special damages to Romer. It has been repeatedly held that, the act of 1831, providing for assessing damages on the dissolution of injunctions, applies only to cases of judgments enjoined. In other cases the party aggrieved is left to his remedy upon the bond. 17 La, 183. 19 La. 402. 2 Rob. 180. This error escaped our attention, when the case was originally presented.

It is, therefore, ordered that, so much of the judgment appealed from as awards $100 special damages to Romer, be reversed, without prejudice to Homer’s right of action on the injunction bond. In other respects the judgment is affirmed, the appellee paying the costs of this appeal.