Vicknair v. Daily States Pub. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Action by Charles Vicknair against the Daily States Publishing Company. Application by defendant for writs of certiorari and prohibition to the Twenty-Eighth judicial district court, parish of Jefferson, Hon. E. A. Middleton, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtDawkins, J.
[1] The applicant herein seeks to prevent further proceeding by the Twenty-Eighth judicial district court in the above styled suit upon the ground that it is without jurisdiction ratione personte to try said cause. The application alleges that defendant is a newspaper corporation domiciled in the city of New Orleans and parish of Orleans ; that the plaintiff does not charge that the newspaper in which the alleged libelous matter, made the basis of the suit, appeared, was circulated in the parish of Jefferson; and that to force defendant to answer and go to trial on the merits would compel it…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. MooreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
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- Buckley v. Beaumont EnterpriseDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1964
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