Louisiana Weekly Publishing Co. v. First National Bank of Commerce

L. JULIAN SAMUEL, Judge Pro Tem.

Relators have applied for writs and respondents have replied. The only issue before us is whether the trial judge correctly maintained respondents’ exception of res judicata to the relators’ writ of quo war-ranto. On the showing made, the facts are as follows:

The res judicata exception was based on judgments rendered in the following two cases:

1. “Henry B. Dejoie, Sr. v. Vivian Rous-sell and the Louisiana Weekly Publishing Company”, No. 82-18213 of the docket of the Civil District Court, a suit for specific performance of a contract to sell stock. In that…