Court Opinion

ID: 7206126
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-24 17:15:14.272333+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:16:40.876764
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On Application for a Rehearing.
Moore, J.
The plaintiff in this case has filed an application for a rehearing, on the grounds that the judgment rendered by us is contrary to law and the evidence.
It has failed to indicate to us in its application the points of error in our opinion of which it complains, or to furnish us with any authorities supporting its application, or the grounds upon which it is based.
Notwithstanding this, we have carefully reviewed the opinion rendered by us and the authorities upon which it- is based, in order to ascertain whether there is error therein or not.
*121In the case cited by us, entitled Chinn vs. The First Municipality of New Orleans, which was an action of nullity of a judgment rendered by the District Court, the Supreme Court says : “ Where a judgment has been obtained against a party, in a case not expressly included among those in which the Code of Practice prescribes that an action of nullity will lie, and he shows that he will sustain real injury unless he can obtain relief, which cannot be had on appeal, * * * relief may be granted, * * * but not unless applicant state particularly and specially the nature of the defence, etc., and prove that he has been guilty of no laches.”
In the case of Bird vs. Cain, 6 An. 250, which was a suit wherein plaintiff, against whom a judgment had been rendered as garnishee, sought to annul said judgment and enjoined its execution, the Supreme Court uses the following language: “ Being of opinion that there was no irregularity in the proceedings which can be reached by an action of nullity, and that the parties should have sought relief, if any they were entitled to, by an appeal, the judgment in this cause must be reversed.”
In the case reported in 23 An., page 146, the Court says: “ It has been often held that a judgment may be annulled upon equitable grounds, in case an appeal would have afforded no remedy, * * * and the party has been guilty of no laches.”
In 27 An. at page 37, which was also an action of nullity, the Court uses the following language: “After examining the case, we find the plaintifis have mistaken their remedy. It was an appeal. Their main defence to the suit was that the tacit or legal mortgage set up was not inscribed prior to January, 1870. On this point the evidence is as ample in the original suit as in the present action. Relief was therefore attainable by appeal; consequently, an action of nullity will not lie.”
We think the plaintiff should have appealed. It had ample time and opportunity for doing so, and was guilty of laches in not doing so, within the time prescribed by law.
Rehearing is therefore refused.