The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-02-21

that court, and, even II he were, That
the magnitude of the case and the
number of defendants engaged In 1t
rendered more than one counsel neces-
sary. So far, very well. But right
here the overweening vanity and pre-
sumption which had grown up In
Ludellng, from ten years. bosstng and
domineering the State of Louisiana,
asserted and advertised themselves.
Ludeling has always thought that he
would have gained the original suit of
jackson against himself had he pre-
pared the brief, and had lee been pre-
sent to argue 1t before the Supreme
Court. And he has been satisfied that
ON the trial Of the second case he could
not only obtain q judgment In full In
his favor, but that he could convince
the Supreme Court that the first deci-
sion was erroneous and that 1t did nm
gross injustice, and he was thoroughly
convinced that when the court had
heard him all the structures upon hs"a-
self would be at least retracted, and
probably be apologized for.
In the first suit jackson obtained
Judgment against Ludeling annulling
the sherif1's sale, made to him in 1866,
of the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Tex
as Railroad. The Supreme Court of
the United States based its decision on
the ground that Ludeling's title was
fraudulent and that he obtained it by
gross frauds. In the decree, however,
the court reserved to Ludeling the
RICH: to claim, In a separate proceeding
In the Circuit Court, reimbursements
for all the Improvements and better
ments he had put on the road while in
his possession. But the court unequivo-
cally annulled Ludeling's title to the
railroad and adjudged himself and as
soctates &c possessOrs in bad faith"
In the second or separate suit Lude-
ling proved improvements and better
ments, and Circuit Judge Woods gave
him a judgment for about half q million
dollars, payable by preference over the
mortgage bondhOlders, out Of the pro-
ceeds of the railroad when sold by the
marshal to enforce Jackson's mort
gage.
Judge Woods based his decision on
the proposition that g possessOrs in bad
faith :" are entitled to pay for the actual
improvements they put upon the pro-
perry, under the Civil Code Of Louisi-
ana.
Jackson appealed to the Supreme
Court OF the United States. The ques-
ton now to be decided by that court
Is the correctness of Judge Woods de-
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Court on the twenty-ninth of January
was simply shall this case be tried now,
or be rehxed?
Ludeling's preposterous egotism and
self-assertion led him, eve,a at that pre-
linsisea,y stage of the case, to go beyond
the question of postponement proper.
He stated to the Supreme Court of
the United States, in substance, that it
was very important for him to have q
full opportunity to present the case
before that court, because their original
decision had done him great injustice.
At this point the thunder-bolt of JUS
tice struck him down.
| Judge Waite said to him, in sub
stance, " Judge Ludeling, this court
docs not desire to hear, and will not
listen to any remarks upon tho formers
opinion and decree rendered against
you. Any remarks in relation thereto
arc entirely foreign to the question now
before the court. The former decision
of this court, in the case of Jackson VS..
Ludeling, is final and irrevocablc. This
court will not tolerate any comments
or criticisms upon that decision"
Whereupon Ludeling sat down, more
fully convinced than over that the
judges of the United States Supreme
Court arc set of fools. Yours, truly,
A. ID. SCRIBEIs.