Heard v. Melton

ELLIS, Judge.

Plaintiff has filed suit against the defendant in the Parish of East Feliciana in the sum of $127.73 which he alleged was due for merchandise purchased by defendant between January 14, 1949 and March 10, 1949 and which was delivered to the Jackson Cafe which was allegedly being operated by the defendant.

To the petition there was filed a plea to the jurisdiction rationae personae which was sustained by the District Court and from which the plaintiff has appealed.

The plaintiff contends that under the Louisiana Revised Statutes, Vol. 2, Title 13:3471, Par. (11), p. 209, which deals…