Henry E. Thomas & Co. v. Lusk & Co.

Lusk If Co. had their domicil in New Orleans, where two of the members of the firm reside. Rufus B. Lusk, the other partner, resides in Central America. The action was brought for $6,430 10 for merchandise sold them in the city of New York by Patrick H. Rooney and Joseph A. Boane, doing business under the style of Henry E. Thomas Co. It is alleged that the goods were sold for cash unless settled for in thirty days by notes for cigars, and eight months for tobacco, payable at New Orleans with exchange on New York, and that defendants failed to deliver the notes within the thirty days. It was…