Ashley v. Sholars
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Eleventh Judicial District, parish of Jackson. John Young, (attorney at law), Special Judge, vice Egan, J., recused.
1Opinion of the CourtTaliaferro, J.
The defendant being sued for $1538 01, with interest at five per cent, per annum from twenty-eighth December, 1868, the amount of a promissory note paid by plaintiff as his surety, admitted that he owed the plaintiff one hundred dollars, and plead in compensation a note of the amount of $1543, with five per cent, interest from first January, 1863, which he held against the commercial firm of Davis, Ashley, Raburn and the defendant, of which the plaintiff was a partner, and bound, in solido, for the partnership debts.
The defendant prayed trial by jury, which was refused on the ■ground that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Diggs, Hobson & Co. v. ParishSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1841
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