Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:3233

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

Parties holding claims against any citizen of this state for labor performed, or for supplies or materials furnished, or for improvements made upon any farm or plantation, or real estate, may institute suit for the recovery of such claims before any competent court having territorial jurisdiction of the property, whether the owner be domiciled or not in the parish where the property is situated.