John I. Adams & Co. v. Scott
Also decided on this docket: La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., April 9, 1963 151 So. 2d 711; La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., December 3, 1962 147 So. 2d 228; La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., June 16, 1931 135 So. 253; La., July 15, 1878 30 La. 1201
John I. Adams & Co. v. Scott, 25 La. Ann. 528 (1873).
Opinion text
Ludeling, C. J. The defendants are ordinary partners, and were sued on an open account for supplies furnished to carry on their plantation. Pannell Scott, one of the defendants, excepted to the jurisdiction of the court on the ground that he did not reside in the parish. As a joint obligor, he could be sued at the domicile of his co-obligor. “ When the defendants are joint obligors, they may be cited at the domicile of any one of them.” C. P., art. 165. It is therefore ordered, that the judgment of the lower court be reversed; that the exception be overruled; and that the case be remanded to be .proceeded with according to law. It is further ordered, that the appellees gay costs of appeal.