State ex rel. Denis v. Shakspeare
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Ellis, J. The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws whenever he receives an injury.
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APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Ellis, J. The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws whenever he receives an injury. Marbury vs. Mason, 1 Crancli, 168. All courts shall be open and every person for injury done him in his rights, lands,, goods, person or reputation, shall have adequate remedy by due process of law, and justice administered without denial or unreasonable delay. Con. of’ La., Art. 11; State ex rel. Mayor vs. Judge, 35 An. 637; Gas Company vs. Gas Company, 27 An. 138.…
1Opinion of the Court
On Motion to Dismiss.
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Watkins, J.
Condensed, the several grounds assigned for the dismissal of the plaintiffs’ appeal are:
1. That, this suit involving a right of occupancy and enjoyment of a public office, the appeal should have been made returnable to this court within ten days from the date of the judgment appealed from, whereas the order of the court a qua made it returnable on the first Monday of November, 1890, long after the expiration of that delay.
2. That this court is without jurisdiction of this cause rations materise because there is not…
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