Clay v. Clay

BOLIN, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a judgment rendered in a quo warranto proceeding. We reverse for the reason that the Louisiana Long Arm Statute [La.R.S. 13:3201-07] cannot be used to obtain personal jurisdiction over a non-resident in a summary proceeding ordering defendant to show cause in less than ten days from the date of the order.

On July 31, 1978 plaintiffs filed a petition seeking a writ of quo warranto directing the defendant, and Ohio resident, to show by what authority he claimed certain corporate offices of Clay Oil & Gas Corporation, a Louisiana corporation. The writ was made…