Corcoran v. Riddell

By the court :*

Slidell, J.

The district judge did not err in adjudging the nullity of the judgment rendered in favor of the Citizens’ Bank v. Corcoran. The validity of that judgment depends upon the return of service of citation, unaided by other evidence. The return is defective, for it shows a service made upon Corcoran's wife, without stating that he was absent from his domicil at the time of service. The code allows a service by delivering the citation to a free person, apparently above the age of fourteen years, living in the house when the defendant is absent. 189 C. P. The fact of…