Case Name: Heloise Segrest, Administratrix, v. Govy Hood
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1841-10
Citations: 1 Rob. 108
Docket Number: 
Parties: Heloise Segrest, Administratrix, v. Govy Hood.
Judges: 
Reporter: Robinson
Volume: 1
Pages: 108–109

Head Matter:
Heloise Segrest, Administratrix, v. Govy Hood.
Where the plaintiff sues as administratrix, and hep capacity is .denied, she must proye it, or be non-suited.
Where a dilatory exception has been filed before a judgment by default, it must be noticed, though followed on the same sheet of paper by an answer to the merits. The last clause of the twenty-third section of the act of 20th March, 1839, only prevents the filing of such exceptions after a judgment by default.
The plaintiff, as administratrix of Pardee Segrest, deceased, instituted a suit before the District Court for the parish of Carroll, to annul a sale made by the deceased to the defendant, on the ground of fraud. Hood pleaded first, prescription; second, that the plaintiff had no right as administratrix to maintain the action; third, a. denial that she was the administratrix of the said Bardee Segrest; and fourth, a general denial; and his answer concluded with a prayer ‘ that the demand of the plaintiff be rejected, that her suit he dismissed, that he have judgment against her on the merits, and for general relief.’ No evidence appears to have been introduced ; and a judgment of non-suit was rendered by Tenney, J.
Copley, for the plaintiff.
Selby, for the defendant.

Opinion:
Martin, J.
The plaintiff is appellant from a judgment of non-suit. She sues as administratrix of her deceased husband. Her capacity was deriied, and she failed to make any proof of it. She cannot c.omplain of a judgment which is the legal consequence of her own negligence, or that of her counsel.
Judgment affirmed.