Case Name: Lucy Hammitt and Husband v. Payne, Huntington & Co.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1875-01
Citations: 27 La. 100
Docket Number: No. 3889
Parties: Lucy Hammitt and Husband v. Payne, Huntington & Co.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 27
Pages: 100–101

Head Matter:
No. 3889.
Lucy Hammitt and Husband v. Payne, Huntington & Co.
Where final judgment was rendered in favor oi the two members of the defendant firm, who were before the court, and the appeal was taken as to one only:
Held — That both defendants having an interest in maintaining the judgment, should both have been made parties. The motion to dismiss the appeal must prevail.
APPEAL from the Fourth District Court, parish of Orleans. Thecm-d, J.
Bemmes & Mott, for plaintiff and appellant. Breaux, Fenner ds Ball, for Payne, defendant and appellee.

Opinion:
Howell, J.
A motion is made to dismiss this appeal for want of proper parties.
Judgment, it seems, was rendered in favor of the two.members of the defendant firm, who were before the court, and the appeal was taken as to one only. Counsel for plaintiff in their first brief say: "If the judgment of the court below had been final and res judicata, the motion to dismiss for want of proper parties would have been good."
The judgment reads: "It is ordered that the plea of prescription herein filed by defendants be sustained and that this suit be dismissed at plaintiff's costs."
This is a final judgment, settling definitely the right of action against the defendants, in their favor. Both defendants have an interest in maintaining the judgment and should be made parties.
We think the jurisprudence is adverse to the ruling in the casein 6 R. 131, cited by plaintiff's counsel in their second brief.
•It is therefore ordered that the appeal be dismissed at costs of appellant.