Saint v. Martel
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; W. P. Martin, Judge ad hoc. Action by Percy Saint against J. Sully Martel. , Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Plaintiff instituted this suit in April, 1907, to recover from defendant certain property interests which he had purchased from J. B. Brown on March 14, 1907, and which Brown had purchased from defendant on October 26, 1903. Defendant filed an exception of no cause of action, which was referred to the merits, after which he set up: First, that plaintiff was endeavoring to enforce litigious rights which he had acquired in violation of a prohibitory law; and then certain other defenses. The case was heard, closed, and submitted, when defendant filed a petition…
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