Waller v. Lea
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action in which the plaintiff seeks to recover damages to a large amount from the defendant, for an alleged breach of contract, on the part of the latter, in failing to employ and compensate the former, as a deputy clerk in his office, as clerk to the United States District Court, for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action in which the plaintiff seeks to recover damages to a large amount from the defendant, for an alleged breach of contract, on the part of the latter, in failing to employ and compensate the former, as a deputy clerk in his office, as clerk to the United States District Court, for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The suit was instituted in the First District Court, for the state of Louisiana, sitting in New-Orleans; and citation was served on the defendant, the 9th of April, 1834. The defendant excepted to the petition,…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
The defendant being sued in the court of the first district, pleaded that he is a resident of the parish of St. Tammany, where he avers his domicil was established at a period long prior to the institution of the suit. The court having sustained his exception, the plaintiff appealed.
It is not denied that the defendant was for a long time domiciliated and had'his residence in the city of New-Orleans, where he held the office of clerk of the District Court of the United States. It appears, that on the 28th February, 1834, he gave notice to the parish judge of the parish of St. Tammany, that he…
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