Hall & Bein v. Henderson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action on a promissory note for $1573 45, signed John Henderson & Co., dated at Warrenton, (Miss.) 30th March, 1839, payable the 1st of May following to the order of plaintiffs. They allege that the defendant, William Henderson, is a partner of said firm, and resides at present in New Orleans, and they pray judgment for the amount of said note, interest and costs of protest.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action on a promissory note for $1573 45, signed John Henderson & Co., dated at Warrenton, (Miss.) 30th March, 1839, payable the 1st of May following to the order of plaintiffs. They allege that the defendant, William Henderson, is a partner of said firm, and resides at present in New Orleans, and they pray judgment for the amount of said note, interest and costs of protest. The defendant pleaded his domicil and averred that his residence was in the parish of Carroll. The cause was tried on these pleadings and issues, and also…
1Opinion of the CourtSimon, J.
This is a suit on a promissory note of hand. The defen*564dant declined the jurisdiction of the lower court, on the ground that his domicil and principal establishment are in the parish of Carroll and not in the parish of Orleans, and that he ought to have been sued in the ninth judicial district court for the parish of Carroll. This declinatory exception was overruled, and the defendant having answered to the merits by pleading the general issue, there was judgment against him, from which he appealed.
The contest in this case being the same with that in the case of Williams vs. Henderson, lately…
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