Legal Opinion

E. A. Yorke & Co. v. S. W. Scott & Co.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 15, 1871No. 1136PublishedCited by 7 opinions

APPEAL from Third District Court, parish of Orleans.

1Opinion of the CourtWyly, J.

The defendants have appealed from a judgment or confirmation of a default against them.

The proof in the record satisfactorily establishes the correctness of the account on which the suit is iounded.

As to the objection tliat the petition discloses no cause of action, we will remark that the exception was not pleaded by the defendants; *55that we can only examine and revise tiie issues presented to the court of the first instance, and do not propose to consider issues raised only in the brief of counsel.

As to the objection that the depositions, received by the court to prove the demand, appear to…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Amerada Petroleum Corporation v. ReeseSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
  2. Lindner v. CotonioSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
  3. Shreveport Long Leaf Lumber Co. v. Garson Bros.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
  4. E. R. Godfrey & Sons Co. v. Odenwald & SonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1928
  5. Lindner v. CotonioSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1932

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