A DIGEST OF DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA. FROM THE 15th TO THE 30th ANNUAL, p. 800, INCLUSIVE: ALSO OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, SITTING IN LOUISIANA, AND THE LOUISIANA CASES DECIDED IN THE SUPREME COURT CLARK & HOFELINE, PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS, 112 GRAVIER STREET, 1878. ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1878, BY CHAS. LOUQUE, Esq., IN THE OFFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS, AT WASHINGTON, D. C. Pee--Mar. 18, 18955 PREFACE. THIS digest contains the decisions of the Supreme Court of Louisjana from the 15th, to the 30th Annual, page 800, inclusive, and many unreported cases; those of the Supreme Court of the United States and those contained in the two Woods' Circuit Court Reports, as regards Louisiana, the equity and admiralty cases on questions of practice being omitted; mention is made of all the acts of the Legislature, from 1870 to 1878, inclusive. Each syllabus, from the 16th to the 30th Annual, inclusive, is original; the others have been transcribed, as reported. Assistance has been derived from Hon. JOHN EDWARDS LEONARD's work. This work is presented to the profession, with the hope that its sefulness may prove equal to the amount of labor bestowed upon it. CHAS. LOUQUE. New Orleans, September, 1878. |