Legal Opinion

King v. Pickett

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided October 15, 1880No. 17PublishedCited by 9 opinions

APPEAL from the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, parish of Bossier, Turner, J.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Fenner, J.

This is an action to revive a judgment.

Defendants resist upon the ground, among others, that the judgment sought to be revived is an absolute nullity for want of citation. After some contrariety of judicial opinion, we now consiáer it settled that this is a proper defense to an action to revive, and that a judgment rendered without citation cannot be revived. Laurent vs. Beelman, 30 A. 363. Conery vs. Rotchford, id. 692.

*1007The services of citation on the defendants here were not personal, but domiciliary. They were served at the Willow Ohute…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Farley v. Frost-Johnson Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
  2. Wilson v. KingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
  3. Doullut v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
  4. Gilbert v. PearsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
  5. J. R. Watkins Co. v. BrumfieldLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1956

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