State ex rel. Nelson v. Police Jury of the Parish of St. Martin
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Twenty-First Judicial District Court, parish of St. Martin. Fontelieu, J. First — The original judgment declares (1) the existence of the debt; (2) fixes the amount; (3) and secures, in terms, to the creditor the means of enforcing its payment, according to the law in existence at-its final rendition.
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APPEAL from the Twenty-First Judicial District Court, parish of St. Martin. Fontelieu, J. First — The original judgment declares (1) the existence of the debt; (2) fixes the amount; (3) and secures, in terms, to the creditor the means of enforcing its payment, according to the law in existence at-its final rendition. Bach vs. Foogood et al., 18 La. 416. (Justine vs. the Union Bank, 10 Rob. 418. Second — The State is bound to afford adequate process for the enforcement of rights ; and where an intention to hamper or embarrass proceedings to enforce the remedy, so as to destroy it and thus…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Bermudez, C. J.
The relator obtained judgment in 1873 against the parish of St. Martin for four thousand five hundred dollars, with interest as stipulated. Under the provisions of section 2628 of the Bevised Statutes, the Court directed the assessment and collection of a special tax to pay the judgment, which reads as follows: .
“In the above entitled case, the law and the evidence being in favor of plaintiff, and against the defendant, it is ordered, adjudged; and decreed that said plaintiff, Thomas W. Nelson, have judgment .against and recover from the…
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