Holmes v. Holmes
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM TIIE PARISH COURT FOR THE PARISH AND CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS. This is an action for damages. The plaintiff alleges his wife Eliza Holmes contracted with G-. W. Holmes, commander of the ship Princess, on the 15th November, 1832, for her passage from Liverpool to New-Orleans, on certain terms and conditions. The husband who sues, alleges further, that the defendant violated the terms of his contract witli his wife, for which he claims one thousand dollars in damages.
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APPEAL FROM TIIE PARISH COURT FOR THE PARISH AND CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS. This is an action for damages. The plaintiff alleges his wife Eliza Holmes contracted with G-. W. Holmes, commander of the ship Princess, on the 15th November, 1832, for her passage from Liverpool to New-Orleans, on certain terms and conditions. The husband who sues, alleges further, that the defendant violated the terms of his contract witli his wife, for which he claims one thousand dollars in damages. This case was before the Supreme Court in 1834. See 6 Louisiana Reports, 463. On the return of the case to the Parish…
1Opinion of the Court
Bullard J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This case was before us at, the May term, 1834. (See 6 Louisiana Reports, 463.) It was then remanded for a new trial. On a subsequent- trial the jury found a verdict for five hundred dollars, in favor of the plaintiff and the defendant has appealed.
His co.unsel relies, for a reversal of the judgment., on a bill of exceptions in the record, on an exception to the right of the husband to institute this action in his own name, which was overruled by* the court, and on the ground that the verdict is contrary to law and evidence.
The bill of exceptions…
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