Trenchard v. Central Laundry Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Hugh C. Cage, Judge. Action by Joseph L. Trenchard against the Central Laundry Company, Limited, and an-‘ other. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Plaintiff has instituted this suit ¿gainst defendants to recover a judgment in solido against them in the full sum of $26,443.75, as damages for the alleged forcible and tortious "taking from him by defendants of a horse, of the value of $120, the ownership of the animal being claimed by plaintiff.
At the time of this alleged “frontier process,” plaintiff alleges that he was driving a laundry wagon for defendants, and that, because he furnished his own wagon and team, he was receiving a commission of 25 per cent, on all sums collected from his customers for laundry work.
This large sum of…
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