Flower v. Griffith's Heirs
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT ON THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF WEST FELICIANA, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING.
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Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT ON THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF WEST FELICIANA, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. This is an action of account.,- in which the plaintiff, as attorney in fact of the heirs of Richard A. Prime, residing in England, sues for the sum of eight thousand dollars, which he alleges to be due said heirs, from the estate of Llewellyn C. Griffith, on account of an unsettled partnership which existed for some years between the said Prime and Griffith previous to their death. The plaintiff filed an amended petition, alleging that the heirs of Griffith…
1Opinion of the CourtCarleton, J.
An attachment was obtained in this case, upon the following oath of the petitioner :
“William Flower, of the city of New-Orleans, attorney in fact of Mary A. Prime and Cordelia A. Prime, both residing in England, being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that Cornelius Griffith and Sally Griffith, heirs of Llewellyn C. Griffith, residing in the state of Virginia, are indebted to the said Mary and Cordelia Prime, in a sum exceeding two thou*347sand dollars, arising from an unsettled account between Richard A. Prime and Llewellyn C. Griffith, and for which a suit has long been pending in the District…
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