Legal Opinion
O'Hara v. City of New Orleans
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 15, 1878No. 5461PublishedCited by 9 opinions
APPEAL from the Superior District Court, parish of Orleans. Hawkins, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
DeBlanc, J.
On the twentieth of November last this ease was submitted to the court, and — on the twenty-third a plea of prescription was therein filed by defendant’s attorney. At that date, this case had passed from the control of the parties and their attorneys, and no additional plea could then have been regularly filed in the same. It is true-that prescription may be pleaded in the Supreme Court, but when ? On the trial of the appeal and before its submission.
As justly remarked by Mr. Justice Slidell, the English translation of article 316 of the…
2Cited by9 opinions
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- State Ex Rel. Hundley v. City of AlexandriaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
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