Black v. Savory
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the court of the fourth district, for the parish of Iberville, the judge thereof presiding. This is an action on a grocer’s account for supplies furnished the steamboat Alpha. The account is acknowledged to he correct and just by King, the master and one of the owners of the boat.
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Appeal from the court of the fourth district, for the parish of Iberville, the judge thereof presiding. This is an action on a grocer’s account for supplies furnished the steamboat Alpha. The account is acknowledged to he correct and just by King, the master and one of the owners of the boat. The suit was instituted in the parish of Iberville, where the defendants Savory and Marshall, two of the owners of said boat, reside ; and it is admitted there are other owners and partners residing elsewhere. The plaintiff prays judgment for the amount of his account against the defendants in solido.…
1Opinion of the CourtGarland, J.
The plaintiff, who is a grocer in the parish of Iberville, brought suit against Savory and Marshall, alleging that they, with King, Mays, and others were owners of a steamboat called the Alpha, to which he had furnished supplies and sold a quantity of provisions, liquors and other articles amounting to $327 07. The account is acknowledged in writing by J. A. King, one of the owners and master of the boat, to be correct. The defendants admit in their answer the partnership was dissolved in the latter part of February, 1840, by the seizure and sale of the boat. They except to this suit and say…
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