Jackson v. Petrie & McFarland

The writ of review in this case was granted at the instance of the defendant, firm of Petrie McFarland. The respondents have filed a motion to rescind the order because the petition for the writ was not verified by the oath of either member of the defendant firm, but by the oath of one of the attorneys for the firm. It is contended by the respondents' attorneys that the statute on the subject, section 2 of Act 191 of 1898, p. 437, requires that a petition for a writ of review shall be verified by the affidavit of the petitioner, unless he be absent from the parish in which the judgment sought…