Melancon v. Mizell

Plaintiff in this case appeals from a judgment of the district court which sustained an exception of no right or cause of action filed on behalf of the defendant Western Casualty and Surety Co. and dismissed his suit as to that defendant, at his costs. The other defendant in the suit, Floyd Monroe Mizell, apparently had left the Parish of Washington and it was impossible to obtain service on him. Issue was never joined as to him and for the time being he is not a party to the suit.

Mizell was engaged during the month of January, 1947, in a business operated under the name of Mizell Laboratory.…