Case Name: M. Gillis vs. B. E. Carter et al.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1877-07
Citations: 29 La. Ann. 698
Docket Number: No. 734
Parties: M. Gillis vs. B. E. Carter et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 29
Pages: 698–702

Head Matter:
No. 734.
M. Gillis vs. B. E. Carter et al.
An jntorvonor may make whatever amendments of his pleadings that the plaintiff may make,'provided the amendments do not retard the main suit.
Wlioever claims the ownership of property which has been sold at sheriff’s sale, . under a judgment not absolutely null, must first proceed by a direct action to annul the judgment. Neither such a judgment, nor the sheriff’s sale made under it can be assailed collaterally.
A judgment rendered on a prescribed note is not an absolute nullity.
APPEAL from the Twelfth Judicial District Court, parish of Franklin. Crawford, J.
Boatner & Elam, for plaintiff and appellee.
W. W Farmer, for defendants and intervenors.

Opinion:
On Motion to dismiss.
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Manning, C. J.
The appellee moves to dismiss this appeal on two grounds;
'1. The transcript now before us is the same as that brought up at the last term, when the appeal then taken was dismissed, except the new matter which consists of the petition of appeal, the order, the service, etc., and the old transcript ought not to have been withdrawn, and the new matter appended to it.
2. The certificate of the clerk does not cover this new matter, and is therefore insufficient.
These objections are frivolous as grounds for dismissal. There is no reason why the old transcript should not be used, if permission to withdraw it had been obtained, and we must assume such permission was obtained. It saved costs.
The new certificate is in proper form, and covers the whole.
The motion is denied.