Lanfear v. Mestier
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Fifth District Court of New Orleans, — Louis Mestier instituted a suit in tho Fifth District Court of-New Orleans, against the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad, and Ambrose Lanfear, on the 3d of March, 1859, in which he claimed $15,000 as damages from the defendants in solido, for certain acts therein charged. ' This suit was brought by Pierre Soulé, as the attorney of petitioner; and it was put at issue by answer filed by the respective…
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APPEAL from the Fifth District Court of New Orleans, — Louis Mestier instituted a suit in tho Fifth District Court of-New Orleans, against the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad, and Ambrose Lanfear, on the 3d of March, 1859, in which he claimed $15,000 as damages from the defendants in solido, for certain acts therein charged. ' This suit was brought by Pierre Soulé, as the attorney of petitioner; and it was put at issue by answer filed by the respective defendants; that by Ambrose Lanfear, through his attorney, M. M. Cohen, and that of the Railroad Company, by their attorney,…
1Opinion of the Court
ÜSLEY, J.
This is an action to annul a' judgment rendered by the Fifth District Court of New Orleans, in the month of June, 1864, in the suit then therein pending of “Louis Mestier v. The New Orleans and Opelousas Railroad Company and Ambrose Lanfear,” by which said judgment, Louis Mestier recovered from Ambrose Lanfear the sum of fifteen thousand dollars.
This last-mentioned suit had been previously before this Court on appeal, and had been remanded to tho . District Court for a new trial, the defendant Lanfear having been, by the first judgment, condemned to pay the plaintiff Mestier ten…
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