Chamberlain v. Norwood
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal' from Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court, Parish of East Feliciana; Charles Kilbourne, Judge. Action by O. W. Chamberlain against I. D. Norwood and another. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
In 1911 the two defendants, I. Duncan Norwood and T. H. Rogers, under the trade-name of Norwood Pepper & Manufacturing Company, established a factory at Norwood, La., for drying peppers and manufacturing peppers into extracts and sauces. They did this on a- borrowed capital of $1,200. They bought the peppers from the farmers of the neighborhood, including Norwood. Rogers managed the business. For his service's he was paid a small salary; his real remuneration being, as we understand, in the prospect of the expected growth of the business. In 1911 they made no profit. In 1912 they made enough…
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