Perret & Gally v. Keill
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This suit commenced by attachment. The plaintiffs allege that they purchased, and shipped, by agreement, a large quantity of cotton to the defendants: one-third to their house in Liverpool, trading under the firm of Keill & Courant; one-third to the house of F. Courant & Co., in Havre; and one-third on their own account; and drew bills on said shipment, which the defendants were to accept and pay; but which were refused…
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This suit commenced by attachment. The plaintiffs allege that they purchased, and shipped, by agreement, a large quantity of cotton to the defendants: one-third to their house in Liverpool, trading under the firm of Keill & Courant; one-third to the house of F. Courant & Co., in Havre; and one-third on their own account; and drew bills on said shipment, which the defendants were to accept and pay; but which were refused acceptance, and protested for nonpayment. The plaintiffs further allege, that there is considerable loss on said cotton,…
1Opinion of the CourtMorphy, J.
This suit commenced by attachment. The petitioners state that pursuant to previous arrangements, they purchased and shipped for Europe a large quantity of cotton : one-third for account of Keill & Courant, a mercantile firm trading in Liverpool; one-third for account of Francis Courant & Co., trading in Havre; and one-third for their own account. That by agreement among the parties, they were to draw bills of exchange against said shipments, upon the aforesaid firms, who were to accepi and pay the same; that they did accordingly draw on said firms for the price of the cotton they forwarded to…
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