American Law Book Co. v. Jones

The American Law Book Company, on October 23, 1922, brought- suit against James W. Jones, Jr., to recover an amount due on certain promissory notes and on an open account. The defendant was, at the time, occupying the position of judge oí the Eleventh (now the Tenth) district court for the parish of Natchitoches. On the day the suit was instituted he appointed E. St. Anne Prudhomme, Esq., an attorney at law, as special judge to try the case. An exception filed by the defendant was sustained- by the special judge, who dismissed the suit. The Court of Appeal^ reversed the judgment, and remanded…