Case Name: J. B. McClendon v. Bennett & Addison
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1866-01
Citations: 18 La. Ann. 49
Docket Number: 
Parties: J. B. McClendon v. Bennett & Addison.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 18
Pages: 49–49

Head Matter:
J. B. McClendon v. Bennett & Addison.
Where proof of a reconventional demand has not been beard in the Court below, the judgment should be one of nonsuit and not final.
APPEAL from the Judge of the District for the Parish of St. Tammany,
Martin, J. E. F. Bussell, for plaintiff. _D. W. Hennen, for defendants and appellants.

Opinion:
Howeld, J.
The defendants are appellants from a judgment against them rejecting their reconventional demand in this proceeding, and they complain that a judgment of nonsuit only should have been rendered.
It appears from the statement of facts made by the District Judge, that no evidence was heard on behalf of defendants in support of their reconventional demand, which, it seems, was the only matter before the Court, and, consequently, the proper judgment to be given was one of nonsuit, as the defendants in another action may be able to establish their demand. See 12 M. 1, and authorities therein cited.
It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed, that the judgment of the lower Court be avoided and reversed, and that there be judgment against defendants on their reconventional demand, as in case of nonsuit; the costs of the lower Court to be paid by defendants, and those of appeal by the plaintiff and appellee.