Legal Opinion

Bory v. Knox

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 15, 1886No. 9377PublishedCited by 7 opinions

PPEAL from the Seventeenth District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge. Sherburne, J. 3.A mamed woman cannot be authorized by the judge to stand in judgment, Unless citation is served on «the husband, or an attempt to cite him. made, 24 Ann, 141; 9 Ann. 12; Duranton, Yol. 2, Ho. 446. 2. She can be authorized by the judge of her domicile alone. 12 L. 71; 31 Ann. 174. 3. Obligations, created by a manied woman duiing the community, presumed to bo for benefit of her husband or…

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PPEAL from the Seventeenth District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge. Sherburne, J. 3.A mamed woman cannot be authorized by the judge to stand in judgment, Unless citation is served on «the husband, or an attempt to cite him. made, 24 Ann, 141; 9 Ann. 12; Duranton, Yol. 2, Ho. 446. 2. She can be authorized by the judge of her domicile alone. 12 L. 71; 31 Ann. 174. 3. Obligations, created by a manied woman duiing the community, presumed to bo for benefit of her husband or tho community. 7 Ann. 568; 14 Ann. 712. 4. If she is .a public merchant, it must bo shown that they arise out of her…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of tlie Court was delivered by

Todd, J.

This is a suit brought by Mrs. Adele Bory, the defendant in the case of N. King Knox vs. Mrs. Adele Bory, No. 383 on the docket of said court, to annul the judgment rendered in the case, being the same judgment attacked by Paul Bertrand in the suit just decided.

The grounds of nullity are identical in the two cases. They embrace *380alleged vices of form and proceedings, such as the want of legal authorization to defend said suit and the want of jurisdiction in the court which rendered the judgment; and alleged frauds and ill-practices in procuring…

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