Mouton ex rel. Halsted v. Noble
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Commercial Court of New Orleans, Watts, J. XL The sureties of Nolle, an auctioneer, appealed from a judgment against them, in an action to recover a balance due to Halsted, for goods sold by their principal.
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the court was pronounced by
Etjstis, C. J.
This was an action brought against the defendant, Noble, an auctioneer, and the other defendants as his sureties on his official bond, for an amount of goods sold by him at auction, the proceeds of which had not been paid over to the plaintiff, Halsted, for whom they were sold. The sureties plead that they have been discharged, by time having been given by the plaintiff to the principal, Noble. *
It appears that goods were sold at auction by Noble, an auctioneer, for the plaintiff, and that, when they made a settlement, on the 7th of…
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