Buckley v. Geraty
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Ninth Judicial District Court, Parish of Plaquemines; R. Em-met Hingle, Judge. Action for an injunction, etc., by Charles W. Buckley against James Ray Geraty. Judgment -for plaintiff, maintaining the injunction, confirming the appointment of the receiver and liquidator, and rejecting defendant’s demands in reconvention, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, C. J.
On February 10, 1915, plaintiff presented a petition to the district court representing that defendant and himself were partners, engaged in the business of raising and selling cabbage plants, upon his “Harlem” plantation, in the parish of Plaquemines, under the firm name of “James Ray Geraty,” and that, by reason of the acts of defendant (which are set forth at length), evincing an intention to abandon the business as established and remove it to another state, where it would be subject to his exclusive control, and thereby inflict irreparable injury on…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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