Ford v. Brooks
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from tlie Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, Bightor, J. 1. Every illegal act of man causing damage to another obliges the wrong-door to make full • reparation, whether the damage was done to tho property or person of the complainant— whether it affected his body or mind—and whether its exact amount is susceptible of proof or not. The obligation binds the wrong-doer iu favor of the party who is injured.
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APPEAL from tlie Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, Bightor, J. 1. Every illegal act of man causing damage to another obliges the wrong-door to make full • reparation, whether the damage was done to tho property or person of the complainant— whether it affected his body or mind—and whether its exact amount is susceptible of proof or not. The obligation binds the wrong-doer iu favor of the party who is injured. C. C. 2315 and 1934, third paragraph. 2. Where the wrong-doer actually thought he was doinga legal act, yet he illegally did what was illegal, yet he is bound to repair the…
1Opinion of the Court
*158Tlie oymiion of the Court, was delivered by
Fenner, J.
Reduced to its simyilest. elements the cause of action presented on these ayipeals is the following:
The action is brought, by “James Ford and Justine Ford, his wife, separate in property, ” (as alleged.)
The gravamen of the injury complained of is the illegal seizure and detention of certain movables belonging to the wife and under her separate administration, in execution of a writ offi. fa. issued upon .a judgment rendered against the husband alone.
The action sounds in damages and is brought against Sanchez, plaintiff in the judgment,…
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