State v. Grailhe
Supreme Court of Louisiana
A PRINTED petition for a re-hearing in the case of Grailhe v. .Hown, reported at p. 140 of this volume, having been presented by the plaintiff, an attorney at law, on the 8th of June, the court, per Smbeli., J., caused the following order to be entered on the minutes : “ A brief for re-hearing, signed by the plaintiff, an attorney and counsellor at law, 1ms been this day laid before ns in this case, in which the opinion was read last Monday by the Chief Justice, as the organ…
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A PRINTED petition for a re-hearing in the case of Grailhe v. .Hown, reported at p. 140 of this volume, having been presented by the plaintiff, an attorney at law, on the 8th of June, the court, per Smbeli., J., caused the following order to be entered on the minutes : “ A brief for re-hearing, signed by the plaintiff, an attorney and counsellor at law, 1ms been this day laid before ns in this case, in which the opinion was read last Monday by the Chief Justice, as the organ of the court. The language of this brief is extremely disrespectful, and the court cannot consistently with its duty…
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of a majority of the court was pronounced by
Eustis, C. J.*
Although it will be difficult to find in the opinion of the court in the case of A. Grailhe, appellant, v. John Hown, the least pretext for the act which is the subject of this prosecution, yet, in order that the wantonness of the attack upon the court may be properly appreciated, we will proceed to read it. [The chief justice here read the opinion referred to, which will be found in the report of the case of Grailhe v. Hown, ante p. 140.]
It will be perceived, that the difference between the price of the wall in 1838 and…
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