Pouey v. Surle

Plaintiff alleged that he is the owner of a promissory note for $156 dated November 10, 1925, payable six months after date made by the defendants to the order of plaintiff.

The defendants denied all the allegations of plaintiff’s petition. They averred that on November 8, 1925, plaintiff inserted in the Times-Picayune an advertisement of the sale at auction of thirty cows; that the advertisement contained the following statement: “All cows tested 10 days ago;” that the autcioneer, before asking for bids, also stated “that all cows had been tested and were free from tuberculosis;” that acting…