State ex rel. Duthoo v. Judge

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McEnbry, J.

The relator prays for a writ of prohibition to arrest further proceedings in the suit of New Orleans, Port Jackson & Grand Isle Railroad Company vs. Relator, on the ground that the city court is without jurisdiction ratione materise, as there was no relation of lessor or lessee between plaintiff and defendant in the suit, and that it was in fact a suit in which title to the premises was at issue.

The record shows that one Albert N. Robelot leased the premises to relator; that afterward the railroad company purchased the property from Robelot. The relatrix was in arrears for rent. She was cited in pursuance of Act 96 of 1888 to deliver possession of the premises to the railroad company. She appeared and filed a general denial. There was judgment in favor of the plaintiff, ordering the defendant to deliver possession of the premises to the railroad company.

*214After judgment was rendered the relator in the application to this-court for the writ of prohibition assigned several grounds for relief. They ought to have been pleaded in the court of the first instance,, and it is too late to urge them after judgment has been rendered, and the pleadings admit the regularity of the citation and the character of the suit.

The rule granted herein is discharged, and the relief prayed for denied.