Lafleur v. Mouton

A judgment was regularly obtained on behalf of the State, against the plaintiff, as surety on a forfeited recognizance given by Olivier Lafieur. He appealed from that judgment, but failed to give bond during more than twelve months, and the judgment thus became final. Execution having issued upon it, and property of the plaintiff having been seized, he obtained an injunction, alleging that the recognizance did not state the cause for which it had been taken, and that judgment was improperly rendered against him on that ground.

It is manifest that this was a defence to the merits known to the…