Chatham Drug Co. v. Anders
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Original application by the Chatham Drug Company for writs of certiorari, prohibition, and mandamus against W. D. Anders, Judge of the District Court.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The justice of the peace of the Seventh ward of the parish of Jackson was P. A. Smart, Esq. It was he who entertained plaintiff’s suit, and issued citation to defendant, and received and filed the answer of defendant; but it was S. B. Smith, *1083Ésq., justice of the peace of the Fifth ward, who tried the case, and rendered judgment in it. Why this change of judges not a word of explanation is offered.
The suit was on an open account for $41.55, and the defense was a plea of -compensation and reconvention in the sum of $70. The court decided that plaintiff’s claim was compensated by that of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Champlin v. BakewellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1869
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