State v. Judge of the Parish Court
Supreme Court of Louisiana
This is an application for a mandamus, to compel the judge of the Parish Court to try the case of Kernan vs. Chamberlain & Beldin, forthwith.
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This is an application for a mandamus, to compel the judge of the Parish Court to try the case of Kernan vs. Chamberlain & Beldin, forthwith. The applicants allege, that said cause was at issue the 14th May, 1840, and set d0Wn for trial the 4th June following ; that on that day, the plaintiff, with great difficulty, procured the attendance of his witnesses, (twelve in number,) and was ready, and insisted on going to trial as soon as the cause was called ; but that ^ defendants applied for a continuance of the cause, upon the facts disclosed in an affidavit. The plaintiff alleges, that the…
1Opinion of the CourtMorphy, J.
This is an application for a rule on the judge of the Parish Court, in and for the parish and city of New-Orleans, to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, commanding him to proceed forthwith to the trial of this cause. It appears that when the case came on to be tried in the court belqw, it was ordered to be continued by the judge, on an affidavit made by one of the defendants, for reasons said to be insufficient in law; and notwithstanding an offer on the part of plaintiff, to admit that the witness alleged to be absent would, if present, swear to such facts as the defendant, who had…
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