Green v. Dakin & Dakin
Supreme Court of Louisiana
appeal from the commercial court of new-orleans. This is an action against the defendants on two promissory notes signed by them as a firm, (Dakin & Dakin) doing business as architects, and which were given in part payment of the purchase of several squares of ground in the town of Bloomingdale, in the parish of Jefferson. There were exceptions filed to the petition, which were overruled, and a general denial pleaded.
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appeal from the commercial court of new-orleans. This is an action against the defendants on two promissory notes signed by them as a firm, (Dakin & Dakin) doing business as architects, and which were given in part payment of the purchase of several squares of ground in the town of Bloomingdale, in the parish of Jefferson. There were exceptions filed to the petition, which were overruled, and a general denial pleaded. The plaintiff had the cause fixed for trial under the third rule of court, authorizing either party to set the cause for trial on giving the opposite party three days notice. On…
1Opinion of the CourtMorphy, J.
The defendants are sued on two promissory notes, given in payment of real estate bought of plaintiff. They offered no serious defence below, and were decreed in solido to pay the amount of the same.
They contend that they have been improperly ruled to trial in the court below ; that they had the right to have their cause set down on the docket of the court, and fixed and tried in its turn, and not otherwise; and that the rules of the court below, under which they were forced to trial, are contrary to the Code of Practice, article 463.
The rules have been given in evidence, and we find them…
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- State ex rel. Ramsay v. Judge Third DistrictSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1898