Legal Opinion

Swift v. Bonvillain

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 24, 1916No. 20408PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; Thomas M. Milling, Judge. Action by S.wift & Co., Limited, against A. A. Bonvillain, wherein Leon Cahn & Co. claimed a privilege. From a judgment dissolving an attachment, plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

Statement of the Case.

MONROE, C. J.

Plaintiff brought this suit on a promissory note for $3,056.11, of which *562defendant was the maker, and which, when sued on, was past due by nearly a year. Defendant filed an exception of prematurity of action, alleging that an extension of time had been granted, but on the trial offered no evidence to support his allegation, and the exception was overruled. Thereupon, on the same day, plaintiff filed a supplemental petition making the following allegations, upon the basis of which it obtained a writ of attachment, to wit (quoting only those which are material…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. City of New Orleans v. Great Southern Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1888
  2. Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
  3. Muse v. YarbóroughSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1838
  4. Block & Sons v. MarksSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1895
  5. Levert v. BerthelotSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Brewer v. BrewerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1963
  2. American Steel Building Co. v. BreznerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
  3. Chas. A. Kaufman Co. v. GregorySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1963
  4. City Bank and Trust Co. v. Marksville Elevator Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1969
  5. Swift & Co. v. Leon Cahn & Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1922

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