Legal Opinion

Burge v. Batson

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided October 4, 1921No. 23007PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of Saint Tammany; Prentiss B. Carter, Judge. Suit by Matilda Burge against N. Batson and another. Judgment against the named defendant, and he appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

Statement of the Case.

MONROE, C. J.

N. Batson, a resident of Mississippi, brought suit in the district court, by attachment, against the Stewart-Bell Lumber Company, formerly a commercial partnership which, with its members, were domi- | ciled in Mississippi, the property attached be*543ing certain timber found within the jurisdiction of the court. Miss Matilda Burge, also a resident of Mississippi, intervened, claiming ownership of the timber. On the trial, it was found that the partnership which had existed between the defendants had been dissolved; that only one of them had been cited; that no…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hunter v. SpurlockSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1831
  2. Spaulding v. WallettSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1855
  3. Suarez v. DuraldeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1830

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Johnson v. WilsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1960
  2. Brauds' Sugars, Inc. v. Williams Richardson Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1931

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