Legal Opinion
Bonniot v. Fuentes
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 15, 1855PublishedCited by 2 opinions
from the Fifth District Court of New Orleans, Augustin, J.
1Opinion of the CourtSpoeeokd, J.
A. Bonniot & Go., residents of France, and merchants of Jarnac in the arrondissement of Cognac, shipped ninety-seven packages of brandy, on consignment, to Noel & Guiraud, of New Orleans.
The shipment was made at Bordeaux, on the 28th February, 1851.
The ship John Holland laden with those brandies, entered the port of New Orleans on the 19th May, 1851.
The brandies went into the custom-house warerooms under the general order, and so remained without an entry of any kind until the 29th December, 1S51.
It seems that Noil & Guiraud, who did a commission business, were indebted to the firm of J. J.…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Maxwell v. W. B. Thompson & Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
- James v. JudiceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962