Hardy v. Pecot

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Watkins, J.

The question in this case for the court to decide is one of jurisdiction ratione materiae, the suit having been brought in the Parish of St. Mary, and the parties who were cited and excepted, reside in the Parish of Orleans.

The exception to the jurisdiction of the court having been sustained, *137and the suit dismissed with reference to said parties, the plaintiff prosecutes this appeal.

This suit is in the nature of a third opposition in which the opponent, as a junior mortgage creditor, seeks to recover from the principal defendant, as prior…