Case Name: COHEN vs. HAVARD
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1826-10
Citations: 5 Mart. (n.s.) 212
Docket Number: 
Parties: COHEN vs. HAVARD.
Judges: 
Reporter: Martin (Louisiana Term Reports)
Volume: 5
Pages: 212–213

Head Matter:
COHEN vs. HAVARD.
Appeal from the court of the sixth district.
West'n Dis'ct
October, 1826.
Thomas for the plaintiff, Oakley for the defendant.
Notice to take depositions need not be personal, it may be left at the domicil.

Opinion:
Martin, J.
delivered the opinion of the court. This appeal is from the refusal of the district court of a continuance.
The defendant swore that Mrs. Havard was a material witness—that the plaintiff resides in another state and his attorney has been absent from this, and consequently the defendant could not give him notice—that the defendant hopes to prove by her the precise time of the death of her husband, as whose bail he is sued.
The plaintiff's attorney offered to admit the facts, as the defendant swore his witness could prove them.
It appears to us the affidavit was insufficient. Notice to a party, or to his attorney, of the taking of a deposition, need not be personal; it may, like any other, be left at his domicil. It is not shewn how long the attorney was absent; no diligence is said to have been exercised.
It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed, that the judgment of the district court be affirmed with costs.