Doullut v. Rush
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Suit by M. P. Doullut and others against Mary Rush and another. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants take a suspensive appeal, and, after an order to furnish proper bond, they apply for writs of prohibition and certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtLeche, J.
The only question involved in the present controversy is whether a district judge who has signed an order for a suspensive appeal to the Supreme Court, wherein he inadvertently fixed the amount of the bond far below the amount required by law for a suspensive appeal, may lawfully rescind his order and thereby vacate the suspension of execution with which the judgment had been affected by the order for a suspensive appeal.
Defendants in the above cause, having been condemned by a judgment rendered contradictorily, on June 22, 1917, to pay plaintiffs the sum of $1,000 with interest and costs,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Reynolds v. EganSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
- Moniotte v. BouanchaudSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
- Interstate Trust & Banking Co. v. Powell Bros. & SandersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
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