Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Dunn v. Richardson

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 15, 1897No. 12,598PublishedCited by 3 opinions

QN APPLICATION for Writs of Prohibition and Certiorari. Statement of the Case. On the 7th of September, 1897, Charles Wirth instituted a suit in the Fourth City Court of New Orleans, of which Robert H. Downing is judge, against Julius Simno and Charles M. Dunn (the relator) asking judgment against them for forty-four dollars.

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QN APPLICATION for Writs of Prohibition and Certiorari. Statement of the Case. On the 7th of September, 1897, Charles Wirth instituted a suit in the Fourth City Court of New Orleans, of which Robert H. Downing is judge, against Julius Simno and Charles M. Dunn (the relator) asking judgment against them for forty-four dollars. The ease was fixed for trial by the judge of the court for the 16th of September, but it was, on that day, continued to the 23d of the month, nob by Judge Downing, bat by W. R. Richardson, judge of the First Oity Oourt. On the 23d it was called up for trial by Judge…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nicholls, C. J.

The suit of Wirth vs. Jules Simno et al. is an ordinary suit upon a moneyed demand against the present relator for forty-four dollars. It is accompanied by no attachment or seizure and presents no feature of hardship calling for exceptional action at the present time in order to afford immediate needed relief with remedies which no court other than the Sup'reme Court could supply. The-suit is appealable to the District Court, and in due time the questions which relator seeks to have presently passed on through a writ, of prohibition from…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Liuzza v. SimmsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
  2. State ex rel. Humble v. MachenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
  3. Wheeler v. WheelerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1936

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