Chapman v. Early
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. APPEALi FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT* This is an action for damages. The plaintiff alleges he purchased four hundred and twenty boxes bacon, for the sum of seventeen thousand one hundred and forty-nine dollars, from Early & Amelung, which he sent to Charleston, S. C., and on opening it, there was a large part of it damaged, so that he sustained an actual loss of seven thousand one hundred dollars in consequence thereof.
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Eastern Dist. APPEALi FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT* This is an action for damages. The plaintiff alleges he purchased four hundred and twenty boxes bacon, for the sum of seventeen thousand one hundred and forty-nine dollars, from Early & Amelung, which he sent to Charleston, S. C., and on opening it, there was a large part of it damaged, so that he sustained an actual loss of seven thousand one hundred dollars in consequence thereof. He alleges, that Early & Amelung are indebted to him in that sum, for which he prays they may be condemned to pay him. The defendant, Early,…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The defendant, Early, is appellant from a judgment, by which the plaintiff has recovered damages, in consequence of the loss which he has incurred by the purchase of a large quantity of bacon, from the defendants, a considerable part of which was unmerchantable.
The case was tried by a jury, who found a verdict for the plaintiff, and a close examination of the evidence has not enabled us to discover any thing which authorizes our interference with the verdict.
The appellant’s counsel, however, has contended in this court : 1st, That the judgment was erroneously given in solido; there is no…
2Cited by3 opinions
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- Blanchard v. PattersonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1929