Seal v. Gano

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment which dismissed his suit on an exception of want of jurisdiction ratione materias and ratione person® filed by the defendant Gano, who is a resident of the city of New Orleans, and the United -States Fidelity & Guaranty Company domiciled at Baltimore, Md., and having an agent in this state residing also in said city of New Orleans.

The defendant Gano on August 16, 1919, entered into a written contract with the police jury of Concordia parish and the state highway commission to build a division of the state highway system of public roads from…