Legal Opinion

Carpenter v. Williams

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided July 30, 1980No. 7909Published

1Opinion of the Court

MOTION TO DISMISS

DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

This matter is before us at this time on a motion to dismiss the appeal taken by plain*1096tiff from a judgment rendered below sustaining defendants’ declinatory exception of venue and transferring plaintiff’s suit to the Fifteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Lafayette.

On January 4, 1980, plaintiff, James Carpenter, filed suit against defendants, Donald Lee Williams and Joe Renda Sue Williams, seeking specific performance of a contract to sell a certain home and lot in Calcasieu Parish.

In response to the suit, defendants, residents of Lafayette…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Broussard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
  2. Hobbs v. Fireman's Fund American Insurance Cos.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1974
  3. Thibaut v. ThibautLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
  4. Ford, Bacon & Davis Construction Co. v. DogaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1978
  5. Hobbs v. Fireman's Fund American Ins. Cos.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1974

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