Vredenburg v. Behan
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Sixth District Court for the parish of Orleans. Rightor, J. Rirst — Where there are a number of defendants represented by three attorneys, the alleged inability of one attorney to be present during the trial, because of his professional engagements elsewhere as Assistant City Attorney, is no ground for a continuance, when the application is not supported by affidavit, and when the record shows that notwithstanding said statement he was present during the…
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APPEAL from the Sixth District Court for the parish of Orleans. Rightor, J. Rirst — Where there are a number of defendants represented by three attorneys, the alleged inability of one attorney to be present during the trial, because of his professional engagements elsewhere as Assistant City Attorney, is no ground for a continuance, when the application is not supported by affidavit, and when the record shows that notwithstanding said statement he was present during the whole of the trial in the court below, hlore especially should this rule he adhered to in the present case where the parties…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Todd, J.
Mrs. V. Vredenburg, in her own behalf as the widow of ■William Hazard Vredenburg, deceased, and as tutrix of his minor children, brings this suit against the defendants, and claim from them in solido fifty-five thousand., dollars damages.
The petition alleges, substantially, that on or about the 30th of October, 1877, the said W. H. Vredenburg had cattle on pasturage in a lot or field situated within the limits of the city of New Orleans, on or *632near the junction of the Bayou St. John and Metairie Ridge; that while he was crossing his pasture on…
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