Legal Opinion
Tarver v. Quinn
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 30, 1921No. 24582PublishedCited by 23 opinions
Certiorari to Court of Appeals, Second' Circuit. Suit by A. E. Tarver against P. H. Quinn and J. Laing. From judgment of dismissal, plaintiff brings certiorari or writ of review,
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
This is a suit in nullity of judgment.
Judgments may not be -annulled for any and all causes which might have availed for defense or on appeal. In the case of Blanck v. Speckman, 23 La. Ann. 146, the syllabus reads:
“A judgment cannot be annulled by direct action for any alleged vice of form in the mode of proceeding. It can only be annulled by such action for one of the three classes of vice of form contained in article 606 of the Code of Practice, viz: First, where the judgment debtor could not stand in judgment; second, where the judgment debtor had not been cited; third, where the court is…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Swain v. SampsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1851
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3Cited by23 opinions
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