Legal Opinion

Carroll, Hoy & Co. v. Davidson

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 15, 1871No. 3141Published

APPEAL from the Ninth Judicial District Court, parish of Rapides.

1Opinion

On Rehearing.

Howell, J.

On a rehearing of this case, we deem it better to present the main question in the following form: Do the facts that the. accounts were opened and kept in the name of the succession of Neal Davidson, and the notes given in settlement thereof, signed by the defendant as administratrix, preclude plaintiffs from holding the. defendant individually liable?

As before said, we think the jurisprudence of this State maintains-the negative. See 5 N. S. 530; 8 N. S. 451; 2 La. 188; 1 R. 119; 9 R. 276; 12 R. 16; 8 An. 432 : 9 An. 130; 21 An. 286; 22 An. 293, 371.

When the account…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Thomas v. ThomasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1829
  2. Warfield v. His CreditorsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1831

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