Jefferson v. Tennant

HARDY, Judge.

This is an action by plaintiffs, residents of Tensas Parish, seeking the cancellation of a contract of employment between plaintiffs and the defendant, an attorney at law residing in the Parish of Orleans. Defendant interposed an exception to the jurisdiction ratione personae of the Sixth Judicial District Court in and for the Parish of Tensas. From a judgment sustaining the exception the plaintiffs have appealed.

The plea to the jurisdiction is predicated upon the provisions of Article 162 of the Code of Practice which requires that one must be sued before the judge having…