Aikmann v. Sanderson & Porter

Citations

• 122 La. 265
• 47 So. 600
• 1908 La. LEXIS 446

Syllabus

<p>1. Process (§ 72*) — Citation — Service on Representative — Validity.</p> <p>Residents of other states cannot he brought into the courts of Louisiana by citations served on persons representing them here for business purposes, but shown to be without authority to receive or accept such service.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Process, Cent. Dig. § 86; Dee. Dig. § 72.*]</p> <p>2. Constitutional Law (§ 809*) — Due Process oe Law.</p> <p>Nor can residents of other states or foreigners be brought into the courts of this state, upon ordinary demands for money, by process issued from such courts and served beyond the limits of their territorial jurisdiction. Act No. 23, p. 29, of 1900, purporting to authorize such proceedings, is in contravention of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and therefore void.</p> <p>TEd. Note. — For other cases, see Constitutional Law, Cent. Dig. § 929; Dee. Dig. § 309.*)</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>