Legal Opinion

Boone v. Savage

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided October 15, 1839PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Western Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF CARROLL, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING.

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Western Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF CARROLL, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. This is an attachment suit against the defendant, as maker of a promissory note, in the parish of Carroll, for one thousand one hundred-and sixty-five dollars and twenty-four cents, payable to the plaintiff the 1st January, 1838; and also as the drawer of a bill of exchange, payable to the order of plaintiff, dated at Rodney, Mississippi, January 28, 1836, for one thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven dollars and sixty cents, drawn on and accepted by Bogart & Hoops, of…

1Opinion of the CourtStrawbridge, J.

This suit commenced by attachment. A motion was made to dismiss the attachment; 1st, on the ground that the affidavit was insufficient; and 2d, that he was a resident of the parish. The affidavit is in the following words: “ C. Boone, the foregoing petitioner, sworn, says, that the sum of three thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars and eighty-four cents, and the interest, as set forth in the foregoing petition, is justly due him, and that the said J. H. Savage resides out of this state,” &c.

I. The petition sets forth, “ that John H. Savage, residing in Jefferson county, state of…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Lowry v. ErwinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1843
  2. First Nat. Bank of Shreveport v. PiersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1933
  3. Amis v. Bank of LouisianaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1844
  4. State v. Judge of the Court of Probates of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1842
  5. Wesson v. MarshallSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1858

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