Raines v. Dunson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Certiorari to First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; T. F. Bell, Judge. Application by E. R. Bernstein for writs of certiorari and prohibition to prohibit R. T. Layne from proceeding against him by summary rule to compel an accounting for funds held in his hands as trustee or conventional sequestrator for the benefit of whoever might be successful in actions between D. H. Raines and Joe Herndon, and C. E. Dunson and others.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
DAWKINS, J.
The applicant herein, E. R. Bernstein, seeks to prohibit R. T. Layne, in whose favor judgment was rendered as an interested third party appealing in the above cases, from proceeding against him (Bernstein) by summary rule to compel an accounting for certain funds held in his hands, as trustee or conventional sequestrator, for the benefit of whoever might be successful in said litigation.
In the two suits of Raines and Herndon against Dunson and others, attacking certain mineral leases, judgment was rendered in the court below in favor of defendants, and the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Raines v. DunsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
3Cited by2 opinions
- Mohawk Oil Co. v. LayneDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1921
- Foret v. StarkLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1943