Legal Opinion

Erwin v. McKinney

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided December 15, 1841PublishedCited by 1 opinion

The plaintiff in these cases is appellant from a judgment of the District Court of the First District, Buchanan, J. The cases Vvere united on the trial of the rule in the court below ; and they were brought up together.

1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.

The plaintiff complains that the first court illegally made absolute a rule which defendants had obtained against him, to show cause why satisfaction should not be entered on two judgments he had obtained against the defendants. He has built his hope of relief at our hands on several grounds, one of which only it suffices to examine. The rule was obtained on the 29th of June, to show cause on the 1st of July, when it was made absolute in the absence of the plaintiff. By one of the rules of the District Court, which comes up in the record, it is provided that: ‘ In all. *218cases where notice is…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. The SamuelSupreme Court of the United States · 1816

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