Legal Opinion
Reardon v. Dickinson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 5, 1924No. 26277PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
The 20 plaintiffs instituted this suit against the 4 defendants, praying for judgment in solido for $35,000 apportioned to the plaintiffs as set out in the petition, this being the amount paid by the plaintiffs for 35,000 shares of the capital stock of the North Louisiana Drilling Company at the par value of $1 per share.
The liability of the defendants is predicated upon the fact that the plaintiffs were induced to subscribe for the said stock by the false and fraudulent representations of one J. E. P. Miller, the duly authorized agent of the defendants, who were the promoters and organizers…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Gill v. City of Lake CharlesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- Holzab v. New Orleans & Carrollton RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1886
- A. Riggs & Bro. v. BellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1887
- Mestier v. New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1861
- Hotard v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1884
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Corsey v. State, Through Dept. of CorrectionsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- Landry v. All American Assurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Ayres v. New York Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1951
- Pierson v. Castell Land & Harbor Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
- Cruze v. Life Ins. Co. of VirginiaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1938
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