Legal Opinion
Sampson v. Gillis
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 15, 1870No. 2000PublishedCited by 3 opinions
APPEAL from the Sixth District Court, parish of Orleans. Cooley, J..
1Opinion of the Court
! Ludeling, C. J.
This suit is upon drafts, due the twentieth of May, 1862. Citations were served on the twenty-fourth of June, 1868. More than five years having elapsed after the maturity of the drafts, before citation, the plea of prescription must be sustained. Smith v. Stewart, 21 An.
It is therefore ordered that the judgment of the lower court be affirmed, with costs of appeal.
2Cited by3 opinions
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