State ex rel. Griffith v. Reed

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

The relator made application for a writ of certiorari to have the record brought up in the case of Charles Riette vs. John R. Griffith, and to have the proceedings in both the District and Justice Courts declared a nullity. The plaintiff in the case sued the defendant, an absentee, for forty dollars for material furnished and work done upon Claiborne Hotel, in St. Tammany parish. A writ of attachment issued against the defendant as owner of the hotel .and of one acre of ground on which it is situated.

A curator ad hoc was appointed and…