Hammond v. Gibbs’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. ““The situation here is controlled by the rule, well established in the jurisprudence, that a judgment rendered by a court without jurisdiction is an absolute nullity and that such nullity may be invoked by anyone against whom and whenever it is asserted. Decuir v. Decuir, 105 La. 481 , 29 So. 932 (1901); Buillard v. Davis, 185 La. 255 , 169 So. 78 (1936); Key v. Salley, 218 La. 922 , 51 So.2d 390 (1951); Tracy v. Dufrene, 240 La. 232 , 121 So.2d 843 (1960); Mack Trucks, Inc. v. Dixon, 142 So.2d 605 , La.App., 4th Cir. 1962. In Buillard v. Davis, supra, the court emphasized the rule when it stated: ‘In the case of Decuir et al. v. Decuir et al., 105 La. 481 , 29 So. 932 , 934, we held that if a court “which rendered the judgment and ordered the sale upon which defendants herein rely, was without jurisdiction ratione ma-teriae to entertain the suit, the judgment and the sale predicated upon it are absolute nullities, — the judgment never existed as a judgment.” [Emphasis supplied.] And in the opinion it is stated: “Tf a judgment be an absolute nullity, this nullity may be invoked by any one against whom it is interposed, at any time and anywhere. * * * ” (Italics ours)’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 236 So. 2d 81 - Jackson v. Dickens