Legal Opinion

Hughes v. Murdock

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 15, 1893No. 11,243PublishedCited by 22 opinions

APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans.. Monroe, J.

1Opinion of the Court

[Reported by syllabus only.]

When, by subsequent order of court, imperfections in a transcript are cured, a pending motion to dismiss will be overruled as matter of course.

A plaintiff who attacks an act not per se wrongful, but which may be perfectly ' consistent with good faith and fair dealing, must aver and specify the facts giving to it a different character.

Up to judgment the pleadings are taken most strongly against the pleader, and unknown, unreeited facts are not assumed in his favor.

The Legislature of a State, unlike Congress, which can not do anything which the Federal Constitution…

2Cited by22 opinions

  1. Ricks v. Department of State Civil ServiceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
  2. Housing Authority of the City of Opelousas, Louisiana v. Pittman Construction Company, Inc., and Pittman Construction Company, Inc. v. Housing Authority of the City of Opelousas, Louisiana and George G. Marquette, Jr., D/B/A Marco Construction Company, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
  3. State v. GuidrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1965
  4. State Ex Rel. Muslow v. Louisiana Oil Refining Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1937
  5. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. AndersonMississippi Supreme Court · 1906

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