Chartier v. Police Jury

The judgment appealed from is not signed by the Judge. The record shows that it was entered on the minutes of the Court on the 21st of June, 1852; and that a motion for a new trial was made by the plaintiff. Beyond this, the evidence leaves us to conjecture. It appears afterwards, on the 20th of October, 1852, that the plaintiff’s death was suggested by his counsel, on whose motion the Court appointed a curator ad hoc to prosecute this suit to final judgment. The curator ad hoc thus appointed, presented a petition to the Judge a quo, and obtained the order for this appeal.

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