Oneto v. Delauny
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT, THE’ JUDGE OF THE SEVENTH PRESIDING. On the 25th of May, 1832, the plaintiff shipped at New-Orleans a quantity of merchandise for St. Martinsville, by the steam boat Shepherdess. On landing the freight a box of Irish linens invoiced at $300 31 belonging to the plaintiff was missing.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT, THE’ JUDGE OF THE SEVENTH PRESIDING. On the 25th of May, 1832, the plaintiff shipped at New-Orleans a quantity of merchandise for St. Martinsville, by the steam boat Shepherdess. On landing the freight a box of Irish linens invoiced at $300 31 belonging to the plaintiff was missing. The plaintiff charges, that through error or fraud, this box was carried to the house of the defendants either by them or by some person unknown to the plaintiff. The petition avers that the defendants refused to deliver the box of linens to the plaintiff, although they…
1Opinion of the Court
' Porter, J., delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff charges that a box of goods belonging to him was shipped from New-Orleans to St. Martinsville, and that through error or fraud they came into thp possession of the defendants, who refused to deliver them lo him.
The general issue was formed by the answer, and the *34cause tried before a jury, who found a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff appealed.
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