Lacoste v. Robert

This is an action to annul a judgment, obtained under the fallowing circumstances; The suit iu which the judgment was rendered, was instituted in the parish of Jefferson, upon two promissory notes. . The defendant in that suit, plaintiff in this, pleaded various special defences to the action; and pending this issue, it was agreed by the counsel of plaintiff and defendant, that, in order to save costs, they would take the testimony of defendant’s witnesses, who resided in New Orleans, in writing, without a commission, and would thereafter submit the cause to the court for its decision. This…