Buford Bros. v. Sontheimer
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Action by Buford Bros, against Isaac Sontheimer, in which defendant filed a reeonventional demand. The Court of Appeal affirmed a judgment dismissing plaintiffs’ suit and rendered judgment in favor of defendant on his reconventional demand, and plaintiffs apply for certiorari or writ of review.
1Opinion of the Court
PROVO STY, X
This is a suit on an open account for goods sold on credit by the plaintiff firm, doing business in Nashville, Tenn., to the Talbot & Hilliard Carriage Co., a New Orleans firm. Defendant is sought to be held as a silent partner. Talbot & Hilliard were carriage repairers. Their establishment was seized for rent, and thereupon they surrendered in bankruptcy.
Defendant denied that he was a partner, and instituted in reconvention a libel suit based upon the following allegations of the-petition:
“The petitioner avers, that in accordance with the said agreement, the said Isaac Sontheimer…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- City of New Orleans v. GauthreauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1880
3Cited by2 opinions
- Robertson v. Town of JenningsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
- Gosserand v. GumbelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923