Lewis v. Townsend

| plaintiffs, Bryan Lewis, Kyle Lewis and David Lewis, appeal a district court’s ruling sustaining exceptions of improper venue and lack of subject matter jurisdiction in favor of defendants, Harry K. Townsend and Louise C. Townsend. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS

In 1990, John and Julie Lewis filed a lawsuit against defendant, Harry Knox Townsend, and his mother, Louise C. Townsend. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, on behalf of plaintiffs’ minor children, Bryan Lewis, Kyle Lewis and David Lewis.

On July 7, 1992, the parties…