Citizens National Bank v. Kreko

Paul Kreko and Mike Nagy, defendants-appellees, move to dismiss the appeal herein on the ground that no citation of appeal has issued to or been served on them. The suit was instituted and put at issue in the district court, parish of Livingston, but the minutes show an agreement, whereby it was ordered to be tried in the City Court at Hammond, Louisiana.

Hammond is not situated in the parish of Livingston, but is in the same judicial district. It is not a parish seat, consequently the provision in the Code of Practice, art. 543 (amended Act 267 of 1916), applying when judgments are rendered…