The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-12-06

lege on all the property of the company in
Louisiana, and are entitled to conservatory
| process; that having delivered the bonds
and paid the interest, and defendants having
| failed to complete the road to Sabine river,
and from the institution of this suit petition
| er has lieu or privilege on the road from
New Orleans, and exclusive right to have it
| appropriated to pay petitioners demand,
That the company has no officers in Lou
| isiana on whom to serve citation; that the
| trustees are absentees, living in Massaehu-
sets, and represented here BY s. H. Seran-
ton that no person can be found to serve
citation for taxes; that said trustees have
| attempted to remove the rolling stock and
other property of the road west of the Miss
| issippi out of the Jurisdiction of this court,
which attempt has been delayed by petit
| toner, but may be accomplished if the road
is not sequestered, and the said company
and trustees will dispose of the road, etc.,
if not restrained during the tendency of this
| suit that the company has no other prop
erty but this road
Petitioner prays the company and trus-
tees be cited through curator; that the
| sale to the trustees of the road from New
Orleans to the Sabine river, be declared
fraudulent, null and void. That defendants
be condemned to pay petitioner $4,000
with interest at five per cent? That the
road, rolling stock, ETC., be decreed to the
property of the New Orleans, Mobile and
Texas Railroad Company. That petitioner
have lieu in it for the payment of said
sum, and that the road be sold and proceeds
applied to the payment of petitioners claim.
Futher prays that receiver be appointed.
during the peadency of the suit; that writs
OF seqnestration issue against the New Or
leans, Mobile and Texas Railroad Company,
from the Mississippi river, opposite New Or
leans, to Donaldsonville, and thence to the
Sabine river, in the direction of Houston, to
be held till further order of the court.
Upon the petition the following Or
der was issued by the court:
Let writ of sequestration issue to the
civil serif OF the parish of Orleans, and to
the sherifs of the several parishes through
which the New Orleans, Mobile and Texas
Railroad is constructed, or was designed to
be constructed, between the Mississippi river
opposite the city of New Orleans and the
Sabine river, and let the said road, its cars,
rolling stock, implements, franchises and
propertys be sequestered and held by the
said sheriffs until the further order of court,
according to the prayer of the foregoing pc
ttlon and let Albert Baldwin be appointed
receiver, to take possession of the said gRail-
road, its cars. rolling stock, implements,
franchises and properties on the west side
OF the Mississippi river, and to operate said
railroad from the Mississippi river opposite
the.city of New Orleans to or near Donald
sonville, and as far as constructed or oper-
ated, until sum of $4,000, with good and
solvent security, according to law.
JACOB HAWKINS, Judge.
Pursuant to this order the road and
rolling stock were at once placed under
seizure and held until Wednesday,
when the receiver having qualified
and taken charge of the affairs of the
company the property was released.
Deputy Sheriff Maher seized the
passenger train and depot at this
place, but in order not to interrupt
mail transportation, consented to al
low the return of the locomotive, bag
gage car and one passenger coach to
New Orleans, accompanying the same
himself, however, to exercise SUPER
vision over them in accordance with
the spirit of the order of the Superior
District Court. The train on We'd
nesday arrived here some thirty min
utes behind time in consequence of
the seizure, the release order not hay
ing been issued until a late hour in
the morning, but since then the reg
ular schedule has been observed and
everything about the railroad goes on
as usual.
1t is thought this suit will have the
effect of Strengthening out the affairs
of the road and putting it in such
hands that its completion to Texas
and Shreveport will be assured, and
if this be so, we rejoice that the liti-
cation was begun by the State.