Legal Opinion · Dissent

Vienne v. Chalona

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 12, 1943No. 36787Published

1DissentRogers, Justice

In my opinion the judgment of the Court of Appeal under review is correct, and for that reason I am compelled to dissent from the majority opinion and decree herein.

As pointed out in the opinion of the Court of Appeal, there are in this case “two separate claims for damages and each is as distinct from the other as a different judicial entity as though the plaintiffs had not been related to each other and had not been injured in the same accident.” [8 So.2d 122, 123.]

There were two judgments rendered by the district court, but only one motion for an appeal, referring to only one judgment, was…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Pichon v. Pichon Land Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
  2. In Re Liberty Homestead Ass'nSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
  3. Succession of GeddesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1884
  4. Vienne v. ChalonaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1942

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