Fellman v. Mercantile Fire & Marine Ins.

Citations

• 116 La. 723
• 41 So. 49
• 1906 La. LEXIS 559

Syllabus

<p>1.Statutes — Enactment — Yeto oe Governor.</p> <p>What is known as act No. 190, p. 242, of 1894, never became a law, by reason of the fact that it was vetoed by the Governor and was-never, thereafter, passed by the General Assembly.</p> <p>2. Contempt—What Constitutes.</p> <p>Where a case had been finally decided, not only in the trial, but in the appellate, court, and a person representing the defendant, in satisfying the judgment, writes to the counsel for the plaintiff a letter inclosing a check, and at the same time intemperately criticising the judgment, such criticism, having no tendency to-impede or embarrass the court in the disposition of any pending case, cannot be made the basis of a proceeding for contempt.</p> <p>[Ed. Note.—For cases in point, see vol. 10, Cent. Dig. Contempt, §§ 6, 16.]</p> <p>3. Time—Statutes—Enactment—Return bt Governor—Computation.</p> <p>In computing the five days allowed the-Governor within which to return a bill to the General Assembly, Sundays are to be excluded.</p> <p>[Ed. Note.—For cases in point, see vol. 45,-Cont. Dig. Time, § 36.]</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>