Case Name: Michael Duncan v. George Arnold Holt & Co.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1869-03
Citations: 21 La. Ann. 235
Docket Number: No. 1479
Parties: Michael Duncan v. George Arnold Holt & Co.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 21
Pages: 235–238

Head Matter:
No. 1479.
Michael Duncan v. George Arnold Holt & Co.
failure to except to the jurisdiction will not render valid a judgment hy a court without jurisdiction ratione tnaterice.
A party, in wbose'favor a judgment has been rendered by a court having no jurisdiction, need not be made a party to the appeal.
Where a lot of cotton is sold by weight, delivery does not take place until the cotton is weighed. The sale is incomplete until actual 'delivery has taken place. The fact that tho vendor sub-aequently sold and delivered the cotton to another party is incompatible with delivery to tho first vendee.
from tbe Second District Court of New Orleans. Thomas, J.
Randolph, Singleton & llardie, for plaintiff and appellant. Campbell, Spofford <& Campbell, for defendants and appellees.

Opinion:
Wyly, J.
Plaintiff sued the succession of George Arnold Holt and T. J. O'Regan, the surviving partner of the commercial firm of George Arnold Holt & Co., in solido, for the amount claimed by him in the Second District Court of New Orleans.
Both defendants appeared and pleaded to the merits, and-there was judgment in their favor.
Plaintiff appealed.
Appellees move to dismiss this appeal because T. J. O'Regan, one of the defendants, has not been cited nor in any manner made party to the appeal.
Appellant contends that it was unnecessary to make O'Regan a party to the appeal because the judgment against him is a mere nullity, the Second District Court of New Orleans not having any jurisdiction as to him.
It is well settled that all parties interested in maintaining the judgment must be made parties to the appeal or it will be dismissed. 12 R. 203; 11 A. 409j 12 A. 775.
Is T. J. O'Regan interested in maintaining the judgment of a court that had no jurisdiction of the case ratione materias ?
We think not. His failure to except to the jurisdiction of the Probate Court did not render valid the judgment as to him, which that court had not jurisdiction to decree.
The judgment as to O'Regan was a mere nullity, the Second District Court of New Orleans having only probate jurisdiction.
The motion to dismiss is therefore overruled.