MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellant has not ventured to give a specific name to this action. The appellee claims that it is not an application for a writ of habeas corpus, nor for writ of mandamus, (this word is used in the prayer of the petition,) but that it is "an ordinary action of which the appellant has no concern."
The purpose of the proceeding is to deliver from the custody of the sheriff of the parish of Jefferson...
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