Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Holmes
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 2, 1903No. 14,343PublishedCited by 42 opinions
Appeal from Oivil District Oourt, Parish of Orleans; Thomas O. W. Ellis, Judge. Action by Anna M.- Lewis and others against D. H. I-Iolmes. Judgment for plaintiffs, and' defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
On the 6th of April, Mrs. Anna Lewis, living at Yoakum, Tex., telegraphed to D. H. Holmes, the most fashionable millinery establishment of the city of New Orleans, as follows:
“Oan you make me five dresses by the seventeenth? Answer quick.” And D. H. I-Iolmes answered: “Yes, can make dresses by seventeenth, as wanted.”
Mrs. Lewis immediately shipped to D. H. Piolines, by express, the materials for the drosses, which had been bought from the D. H. Holmes establishment a few days before. On the 8th of April she wrote to D. H. Holmes, explaining that the dresses were for her daughter, who was to…
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