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2 Mart. 247

Weeks v. Trask

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided July 1, 1812

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1812-07-01

<p>If the plaintiff reside in the territory, tho'out of the district, in which the suit is bro't, the court will not stay proceedings, till he give security for the costs.</p>

Decided 1812-07-01

¶1By the Court,

Lewis, J. alone.

¶2The security which the court requires óf foreign plaintiffs, is the cautio judicatum solvi of the civil law, which is required from foreigners only. The principles cited by the defendant’s counsel, are not recogni-sed in the United States. In them, like in this, there are a number of courts, limited in their jurisdiction to a small extent of country; and it could not be endured that every plaintiff suing out of his parish or district, should have his suit stopped, till he came and gave security for the costs.

¶3Rule discharged.

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