23 La. Ann. 255 | La. | 1871
Lead Opinion
This is an action to annul a judgment rendered against the plaintiff in favor of the defendant. The judgment sought, to be annulled was rendered by the judge of the Ninth District, sitting in and for the parish of Rapides, at the March term, 1866. In that
It is not clearly established that W. L. Richardson was the agent and attorney in fact of T. H. J. Richardson. It is shown that in some other judicial proceeding he acted in that capacity, but it is clear that he was without special power to authorize him to represent and bind the plaintiff in the matter of the judgment of twelfth March, 1866. Evidence is introduced to show a ratification of that judgment, but the evidence we can hardly deem conclusive. The plaintiff called on J udge Manning, the attorney of the defendant, Hunter, not long after the term of court at which the judgment was rendered, and thanked him for having treated him with such consideration, and said he was greatly indebted to him lor his kindness, speaking in reference to the favorable terms extended to him.
The defendant testified that a letter was shown to him by the plaintiff’s attorney, the purport of which was a proposition by the plaintiff to the defendant to accept a transfer of the yearly lease of his land until the judgment should be paid. This proposition, it seems, was declined on the ground that it was too indefinite, as no specific sum
It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed that the judgment of the district court be annulled, avoided and reversed. It is further ordered that there be judgment in favor of the defendant, declaring null and void the judgment rendered against him on the twelfth of March, 1866, in the suit numbered one hundred and forty-nine on the docket of the district court for the parish of Rapides. And it is further ordered that the defendant and appellee pay all costs in both courts.
Rehearing
On Application por Rehearing.
The application for rehearing is granted, and the judgment of this court rendered on the twenty-third day of August is set aside j and, in the interests of justice, we are constrained to remand this case to the district court to try the question of the domicile of the plaintiff, T. H. J. Richardson.
On Second Application.
This is a suit to annul a judgment on the ground that the same was rendered without citation and without the knowledge or consent of T. H. J. Richardson, the defendant therein, by the Ninth District Court, parish of Rapides, which was without jurisdiction rationepersonal, the said Richardson being domiciled in the parish of Sabine.
The case was before this court at Natchitoches on the twenty-third day of August, 1869, and the judgment of the lotver court annulling the said judgment was affirmed; the case was subsequently remanded
At the second trial in the court below there was judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant has appealed.
An examination of the evidence satisfies us that the domicile of' Richardson was in the parish of Sabine and the Ninth District Court,, parish of Rapides, was without jurisdiction ratione persones on the twelfth day of March, 1866, at the time the judgment sought to be-annulled was rendered against him.
Por the reasons assigned in the opinion of this court on the twenty-third day of August, 1869, it is ordered that the judgment of the court a qua, annulling the said j udgment, be affirmed, with costs