Gaudet v. Gauthreaux
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Twenty-second District Court, Parish of St. James. Rost} J. 1. It is of the essence of good conscience ar-d morality that a party litigant should he consistent in his declarations, acts and demands "before a court of justice.
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APPEAL from the Twenty-second District Court, Parish of St. James. Rost} J. 1. It is of the essence of good conscience ar-d morality that a party litigant should he consistent in his declarations, acts and demands "before a court of justice. That is also the law, and it is as it should be, so that judicial forms and remedies may not be perverted to unworthy uses. % 2. Our jurisprudence has uniformly recognized and enforced the wise and salutary doctrine which firmly hinds a party to his judicial declarations and forbids him from subsequently contradicting his statements thus made. Earrar vs.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Bermudez, C. J.
This is an action to recover the difference between the amount of certain notes and that which was realized by the judicial sale of real estate by which payment was secured.
It is brought against two married women, their husbands and two other persons, who signed the notes, which were issued in settlement of the price of the property subsequently thus sold.
It is founded upon the averment that the sale of the land was made to the husbands by the plaintiff, and that they are hound in solido for the difference claimed.
The defense is that the…
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