Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Byrnes v. Sommerville

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 8, 1903No. 14,860PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Application by the state, on the relation of W. H. Byrnes, syndic, for writs of certiorari and prohibition to W. B. Sommerville, judge of the civil district court for the parish of Orleans, Division D.

1Opinion of the Court

Statement of the Case.

NICHOLLS, C. J.

The relator herein prays, in his capacity as elected and qualified syndic of the creditors of E. Conery, Jr., that writs of prohibition and certiorari issue to the judge of Division D of the civil district court, commanding him to send up the record in the cause entitled “E. Conery, Jr., v. His Creditors,” No. 49,730 of the docket of the civil district court, in order that the validity of the proceedings therein may be ascertained, and that, after due proceedings had, it be decreed that the Supreme Court is *736alone vested with the jurisdiction in the cause…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. de Lizardi v. New Orleans Canal & Banking Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1873
  2. State ex rel. Marin v. Parish JudgeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1870
  3. State ex rel. Widow & Heirs of Pearson v. Parish JudgeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1870
  4. State v. LeoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
  5. Weil v. SchwartzSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1897

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Succession of TullierSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
  2. Succession of RothSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
  3. Succession of TylerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
  4. Succession of EstevesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
  5. Ledet v. Succession of LedetSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1929

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