Legal Opinion

Carter v. State

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 14, 1897No. 12,173PublishedCited by 12 opinions

PPEAL from the First Judicial District Court for the Parish of Oaddo. Taylor, J.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

The plaintiff sought to revive a judgment rendered ten years, less a few days, before his petition for the revival had been filed.

The plaintiff, at the time that suit was brought to recover a judgment upon his claim, had been authorized to sue the defendant in any court of competent jurisdiction. Act 81 of 1884.

*1488In that suit the judgment was rendered which the plaintiff here seeks to have revived.

The Attorney General for the State interposed an exception that the suit was unauthorized by law; that the Legislature was prohibited from passing…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. Board of Comm'rs. of Port of New Orleans v. Splendour S. & E. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
  2. Apfelbacher v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1915
  3. Wilson v. KingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
  4. State v. AdamsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1940
  5. Weinstein, Bronfin & Heller v. LeBlancSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1966

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