Welch v. New Orleans Great Northern R.

Defendant (relator herein), having been sued in the Third ward justice court for Washington parish, excepted that it had not been legally cited, and the exception was overruled, and thereupon judgment was rendered against it on the merits, which ruling and judgment were affirmed on appeal by the district court, whereupon it made the application which we are now to consider for the review of those rulings.

Citation, properly addressed, was issued in the case, but the return of service reads as follows:

“Received this original citation, together with one certified copy thereof, in office, Jan. 3,…