Goodrich v. Hunton
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana
In equity. . The case was as follows: [Logan] Hunton, the defendant, brought an action at law in the Fourth district court forthe parish of Orleans, against the commercial firm of Pilcher & Goodrich, the Goodrich of said firm being the complainant in this; case.
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In equity. . The case was as follows: [Logan] Hunton, the defendant, brought an action at law in the Fourth district court forthe parish of Orleans, against the commercial firm of Pilcher & Goodrich, the Goodrich of said firm being the complainant in this; case. In said action ,Hunton, on the 23d day of January, 1874, recovered a judgment against said firm for 82,500, with interest at eight per cent, from May 1, 1861. Thereupon the complainant, Ferdinand M. Goodrich, filed his petition in the same state court which had rendered the judgment against Pilcher & Goodrich, in which he represented…
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The grounds upon which complainant asks that there be decreed in his favor a perpetual injunction against the execution of said judgment are two:
1. He says that the court which rendered the judgment had no jurisdiction over his person, and so far as he is concerned, the judgment is null and void. The claim is that the firm of Pilcher & Goodrich, which, during its continuance, had been domiciled in New Orleans, was dissolved before the action of Hun-ton was commenced in the state court; that at the commencement of the suit, the complainant Goodrich had his domicile, not in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Barrow v. HuntonSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Black v. SavorySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1841
- Richardson v. HunterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1871
- State ex rel. Sandlin v. Judge of the Eleventh District of LouisianaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1869