Legal Opinion

Whitney-Central Nat. Bank v. Sinnott

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 4, 1914No. 20,766PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Fred D. King, Judge. Action by the Whitney-Central National Bank and others against James B. Sinnott and others. From judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

Statement of the Case.

O’NIELL, J.

The plaintiffs, Whitney-Central National Bank, Hibernia Bank & Trust Company, Metropolitan Bank, and German-American National Bank, have appealed from a judgment rendered against them un a rule, dissolving their writs of injunction and condemning them to pay attorneys’ fees as damages for their illegal resort to the writs. The defendants, James B. Sinnott and his sons and daughters, have answered the appeal, praying for an increase of the judgment for damages for their attorneys’ fees.

The principal demand is for a judgment against James B. Sinnott, for…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Albert Hanson Lumber Co. v. MestayerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
  2. Meaux v. PittmanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1883
  3. Garlick v. ReeceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1835
  4. Stein v. GibbonsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1840
  5. Barriere v. FesteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1854

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Melancon v. Texas CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
  2. Rhodes v. CollierSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
  3. Jefferson v. GammSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
  4. Hunt v. HillSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
  5. Alfano v. FranekSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925

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