Legal Opinion
Metairie Bank in Liquidation v. Lecler
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 17, 1941No. 17579PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal by Metairie Bank in Liquidation from a judgment dismissing for want of prosecution for five years this suit against Emile J. Lecler.
The suit was filed on April 17th, 1935. The sheriff's return shows that domiciliary service was made on Lecler on April 30th, 1935. Judgment as prayed for was rendered by default on June 27th, 1935, and was signed on the same day. Nothing further was done by either party until December 20th, 1940, when Lecler appeared and filed an exception to the jurisdiction of the court, alleging that, at the time of the so called domiciliary service, he had…
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- King v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1932
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