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Rule 524. Docket
TEXT
Each justice shall keep a civil docket in which he shall enter:
(a) The title of all suits commenced before him.
(b) The time when the first process was issued against the defendant, when returnable, and the nature thereof.
(c) The time when the parties, or either of them, appeared before him, either with or without a citation.
(d) A brief statement of the nature of the plaintiff's demand or claim, and the amount claimed, and a brief statement of the nature of the defense made by the defendant, if any.
(e) Every adjournment, stating at whose request and to what time.
(f) The time when the trial was had, stating whether the same was by a jury or by the justice.
(g) The verdict of the jury, if any.
(h) The judgment rendered by the justice and the time of rendering same.
(i) All applications for setting aside judgments or granting new trials and the order of the justice thereon, with the date thereof.
(j) The time of issuing execution, to whom directed and delivered, and the amount of debt, damages and costs; and, when any execution is returned, he shall note such return on said docket, with the manner in which it was executed.
(k) All stays and appeals that may be taken, and the time when taken, the amount of the bond and the names of the sureties.
(l) He shall also keep such other dockets, books and records as may be required by law or these rules, and shall keep a fee book in which shall be taxed all costs accruing in every suit commenced before him.
Source: Art. 2382, unchanged.
Oct. 29, 1940, eff. Sept. 1, 1941.
AMENDMENTS
June 10, 1980, eff. Jan. 1, 1981 -- Repealed by order of April 15, 2013, eff. Aug. 31, 2013.