Union Bank of Louisiana v. Lattimore
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the District Court of the First District, Buchanan, J. This was an action against the defendant, a resident of the parish of Concordia, and a stockholder in the Union Bank, for a balance due on a stock note executed by him, payable at the banking house of the plaintiffs in New Orleans.
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Appeal from the District Court of the First District, Buchanan, J. This was an action against the defendant, a resident of the parish of Concordia, and a stockholder in the Union Bank, for a balance due on a stock note executed by him, payable at the banking house of the plaintiffs in New Orleans. The defendant excepted to the jurisdiction of the court, on the ground that the petition showed that he was a resident of the parish of Concordia, and contained no allegation of any fact which could give jurisdiction to the court. This exception was overruled, and a judgment rendered against the…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The defendant, and appellant, assigns, as an error apparent on the face of the record, that the court overruled his exceptions to its jurisdiction on the score of commorancy. The petition shows that his residence is in the parish of Concordia. The counsel for the Bank has urged, that the suit was rightly brought in the District Court of the First Judicial District; the defendant, on the face of the note sued upon, and made payable in New Orleans, having elected his domicil in that city; and, secondly, that this is a suit relating to a partnership between the parties. It is true, that by the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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