Zacharie v. Blandin
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This action was brought by James W. Zacharie, as surviving parter of J. W. Zacharie and David Patterson, trading in New-Orleans under the firm of J. W. Zacharie & Co. It was alleged that the defendant, Manuel Blandin, of Tampico, in the Republic of Mexico, was, in April, 1829, a member of the firm of Harrison, Brown & Co., of Tampico, of which firm one member, Thomas Harrison, has since died, and the other member, George…
Read the full summary
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This action was brought by James W. Zacharie, as surviving parter of J. W. Zacharie and David Patterson, trading in New-Orleans under the firm of J. W. Zacharie & Co. It was alleged that the defendant, Manuel Blandin, of Tampico, in the Republic of Mexico, was, in April, 1829, a member of the firm of Harrison, Brown & Co., of Tampico, of which firm one member, Thomas Harrison, has since died, and the other member, George J. Brown, was at the institution of the suit in England. On the I6th of April, 1829, the firm of J. W. Zacharie & Co.,…
1Opinion of the Court
Mathews, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.-
In this case, the plaintiff claims from the defendant a gross sum of six thousand dollars. He obtained judgment in the court below for three thousand four hundred and eighty-five dollars and ninety-eight cents, from which the defendant appealed.
The claim is made in consequence of various overcharges, as alleged by the petitioner, against the defendant, in rem dering final accounts, relating to a joint adventure in merchandise sent from New-Orleans to Tampico, in the republic of Mexico, by J. W. Zacharie & Co., to Harrison, Brown & Co., to be…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Klotz v. Tru-Fruit DistributorsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1937
- Handley v. BarrettaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1938