Case Name: State v. the Judge of the Second District Court of New Orleans
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1855-03
Citations: 10 La. Ann. 204
Docket Number: 
Parties: State v. the Judge of the Second District Court of New Orleans.
Judges: (Slidell, C. J. declined sitting in this cause.)
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 10
Pages: 204–206

Head Matter:
State v. the Judge of the Second District Court of New Orleans.
A mandamus will not be awarded to compel a judge of the District Court to allow a premptory exception to be filed, or to compel him to grant an appeal from the refusal to permit the exception to be filed. The proper practice is to reserve a bill of exceptions to the refusal of the judge, to allow the premptory exception to be filed, in order to bring the matter to the notice of this court, upon an appeal which the party might be entitled to at a subsequent stage.
The mere refusal to allow the filing of a plea is not, of itself, such a judgment as entitles the party offering the plea to remove the case at once from the court of the first instance by appeal.
ON the application of Richard Rdf for a mandamus to the Judge of the Second District Court of New Orleans. Lea, J.
L. G. & G. B. Duncan, for the relator.

Opinion:
Buchanan, J.
(Slidell, C. J. declined sitting in this cause.)
This appli. cation is in the alternative to compel the Judge of the District Court to allow a premptory exception to be filed ; or to compel him to grant an appeal from this refusal to permit the said exception to be filed.
Both these remedies seem to be inadmissible. The state of facts presented by the petition for mandamus, does not inform us that a bill of exceptions was reserved to the refusal of the District Judge, to allow the filing of the premp-tory exception. It is our opinion that this would be the proper course for the party to have pursued in order to bring the matter to our notice upon an appeal, which the party might be entitled to at a subsequent stage of the proceedings.
The mere refusal to allow the filing of a plea, is not of itself such a judgment as entitles the party offering the plea, to remove the case at once from the cognizance of the Court of the first instance by appeal. Co. P., Article 6G6.
The rule nisi is therefore refused.