Griffin v. Neelis

Plaintiff sued the defendants, Neelis and Dosher, in solido, for the sum of $2,000, with legal interest from March 14, 1918, until paid. Dosher filed an exception to the jurisdiction of the court ratione person», which was sustained by the. lower court, and from which no appeal was taken. On the trial on the merits there was judgment in favor of defendant Neelis, dismissing plaintiff’s suit, and plaintiff has appealed.

The voluminous record shows that plaintiff was a dredge boat captain and was working in Vermilion parish during the years of 1912-1913. He is an uneducated man, with very little…