Dubertrand v. Laville
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. The plaintiff in this case, obtained a verdict and judgment against the defendant, on two promissory notes of two thousand dollars each. The jury, in rendering their verdict, reduced it to writing, and it was signed by the foreman in the French language, upon which, judgment was pronounced accordingly.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. The plaintiff in this case, obtained a verdict and judgment against the defendant, on two promissory notes of two thousand dollars each. The jury, in rendering their verdict, reduced it to writing, and it was signed by the foreman in the French language, upon which, judgment was pronounced accordingly. The defendant’s counsel moved for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict being written in the French language, was null and void. The district judge overruled the motion, being of opinion that, although the…
1Opinion of the Court
Martin J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The defendant in this case is appellant from a judgment rendered against him on two notes of hand, for two thousand dollars each, secured by a special mortgage on certain property. He seeks to reverse the judgment, on the ground that it was rendered on a verdict written and recorded in the French language.
The record shows that the attention of the District Court was drawn to this matter, and the irregularity of the verdict and judgment expressly stated in an application for a new trial, in which it was suggested, that as there was no valid verdict,…
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