Williams v. Burnham

ROGERS, Justice.

The relator Althea N. Williams, brought suit against the respondents Mrs. Etta B. Burnham and Edwin L. Blewer in the district court for -Caddo parish. The suit was brought in forma pauperis, and the proceeding was sustained in defendants’ attack by rule on plaintiff’s claim that she was a pauper. Subsequently, the case was heard upon the merits and upon defendants’ picas of estoppel, ratification, and waiver. Defendants’ pleas prevailed and plaintiff’s demand was rejected. The judgment was rendered on July 10, 1935, and signed on July 13, 1935, and on May 12, 1936, plaintiff…