John A. Wogan, Inc. v. Folse

Plaintiff, a corporation domiciled in the city of New Orleans, sued defendant in the civil district court for the parish of Orleans for breach of contract for the sale and delivery of 100,000 gallons of cane syrup. Defendant excepted to the jurisdiction of the court ratione personae, averring that he is, and has been for many years, domiciled in the parish of Iberville, and could be sued only in that parish. The court below overruled the exception and ordered defendant to answer to the merits within 10 days. Defendant then applied . to this court for writs of certiorari and prohibition, and…