Legal Opinion

Barrow v. Landry

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 15, 1857PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from the Fourth District Court for the Parish of Ascension, Ratliff, J.

1Opinion of the Court

Merrick, O. J.

Since the appeal was.taken in this case, a material portion of the evidence has been lost, as appears by the certificate of the Clerk and his return to the writ of eertiorari.

Under the authority of the cases of Ennis v. Murphy, 11 Rob. 477; Agricultural Bank v. Alexander, 1 An., 246, and Lyons v. Andrews, 5 An., 602, the cause must be remanded for a new trial.

It is, therefore, ordered, adjudged and decreed by the court, that the judgment of the lower court be avoided and reversed and that this cause be remanded for a new trial, and that the costs of the appeal abide the event of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Evins v. MurphySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1845

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Barton v. BurbankSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907

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