Cormier v. DeValcourt
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Twenty-fifth Judicial District Court, parish of Lafayette. Clegg, J. An attorney can accept service of process and interrupt prescription. A curator ad hoc may also acknowledge service and interrupt prescription. 31 An. 540; 2 An. 916. The acts of an attorney or agent unless disavowed in proper time, and as soon as brought to the notice of the principal will be thereby ratified and be binding for all purposes.
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APPEAL from the Twenty-fifth Judicial District Court, parish of Lafayette. Clegg, J. An attorney can accept service of process and interrupt prescription. A curator ad hoc may also acknowledge service and interrupt prescription. 31 An. 540; 2 An. 916. The acts of an attorney or agent unless disavowed in proper time, and as soon as brought to the notice of the principal will be thereby ratified and be binding for all purposes. A party purchasing property at a sale made by virtue of a judgment ordering said sale, is estopped from questioning the validity of that judgment and all proceedings…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court; was delivered by
Levy, J.
Julie Cormier, administratrix of the succession of Placide Guilbeau, deceased, instituted this suit on the 29th of June, 1874, against Theodore DeValcourt, administrator of the succession of Leontine Guilbeau, wherein she seeks to recover of' the defendant, representing said last named succession, the sum of $1736 05 with 8 per cent, per annum interest from 11th of June, 1864, on a promissory note for said sum signed by said Leontine Guilbeau, assisted and authorized by her husband, dated June 11th, 1864, payable on demand to Placide Guilbeau,…
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