Legal Opinion

Liverpool, Brazil & River Platte Navigation Co. v. Agar & Lelong

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana

Decided December 15, 1882PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Billings, D. J.

The facts relating to the exceptions in this case are undisputed. This is a suit to recover upon a demand in favor of the plaintiff against the defendants as constituting the commercial firm of Agar & Lelong, domiciled and doing business in the city of New Orleans, and there incurring the obligation sought to be enforced. The partnership and each of the members have been cited, and have severally pleaded the want of jurisdiction in this court, on the ground that the plaintiff is an alien, and that Lelong, one of the defendants, is also an alien. It is conceded that Agar is a…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Railway Co. v. Whitton's AdministratorSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  2. Louisville, Cincinnati, & Charleston Rail-Road v. LetsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
  3. Marshall v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1854
  4. Menagh v. . WhitwellNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
  5. Pierce v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1810

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc. v. LobbanTennessee Supreme Court · 1958
  2. Harrison v. FryeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1950
  3. Empire Rice Mill Co. v. K. & E. NeumondDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1912
  4. Klotz v. Tru-Fruit DistributorsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1937
  5. Beninate v. BrunoLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1986

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