Case Name: The State of Louisiana ex rel. Smith Bros. vs. C. G. Ogden, City Judge
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1883-05
Citations: 35 La. Ann. 738
Docket Number: No. 8888
Parties: The State of Louisiana ex rel. Smith Bros. vs. C. G. Ogden, City Judge.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 35
Pages: 738–739

Head Matter:
No. 8888.
The State of Louisiana ex rel. Smith Bros. vs. C. G. Ogden, City Judge.
Where a Judge, after overruling an exception to his jurisdiction ratione materiaft renders a judgment on the merits of the case without passing on that portion of the demand which it was claimed was not within his jurisdiction, this is virtually sustaining the exception, and the defendant has no occasion to complain.
On application for a certiorari and for a prohibition, the proceedings will not he annulled or restrained.
APPLICATION for Prohibition and Certiorari.
J. E. Ferguson for the Relators.
E. P. Part for the Respondent.

Opinion:
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Bermudez, C. J.
This is an application for a prohibition and for a certiorari.
The complaint is that, in a suit for $90, wherein it was sought to annul a certain transaction concerning movable effects, alleged to be worth $250, the City Judge has overruled an exception to his jurisdiction, and has assumed to take cognizance of the matter in dispute.
The original proceedings are before us. While they show the exception to have been dismissed, they establish that, by the same judgment, the City Judge decreed in favor of plaintiffs only for the amount' claimed, without passing at all upon the other portion of the prayer.
If the City Judge erred in overruling the exception, the relators have no reason to complain, as he afterwards virtually sustained it by his' judgment on the merits, which was merely for the sum of money claimed, and which was within the limit of his jurisdiction.
The relators have sustained no injury, and have no ground of complaint.
Application refused.
. Rehearing refused.