56 So. 257 | La. | 1911
Plaintiff sues defendant, a common carrier, for damages ex contractu, because of negligent and careless handling of a certain piece of machinery belonging to plaintiff, and shipped by it to New Orleans to be repaired, resulting in injury to said piece of machinery, and consequent loss to plaintiff.
The domicile of defendant is in New Orleans, plaintiff alleges, and defendant excepts to the jurisdiction of the Eighteenth judicial district court for the parishes of Lafayette and Arcadia. This exception was overruled, and defendant submits the ruling for our supervision ; asking that a writ of prohibition issue to prevent the respondent judge assuming further jurisdiction in the cause.
The exception of defendant is as follows:
“That Wells Fargo & Co. Express, has its legal domicile in the city of New Orleans, as alleged in plaintiff’s petition, and, as such, all suits brought against said corporation in the state of Louisiana, except those which are specially provided by the statutes of the state of Louisiana, must be brought at exceptor’s legal domicile in the city of New Orleans.
“Exceptor shows that the cause of action set forth in plaintiff’s petition is for the nonfulfillment of a contract, and is not a suit of the nature authorized by the statutes and laws of Louisiana to be brought at any place in the state of Louisiana except at the legal domicile of exceptor, and that this court is without jurisdiction to hear or try the cause of action alleged in plaintiff’s petition.”
Until it is alleged, or shown, that the Eighteenth judicial district court has not jurisdiction of the cause, a writ of prohibition will not be issued to that court. It may well be that plaintiff cannot say, or prove, that the piece of machinery was damaged at any special point on the route; in which event, it will have to sue defendant at its domicile, or at the place of delivery of said machinery.
The order heretofore issued herein is recalled and revoked, and the application for writs of review and prohibition is denied at the cost of the applicant.