Alice v. Taca International Airlines, S. A.

HAWTHORNE, Justice;

John Alice, doing business as John Alice Export Company, instituted this suit against Taca International Airlines, S. A., a foreign corporation organized under the laws of El Salvador and authorized to do business in Louisiana. Plaintiff seeks to recover the invoiced price of two C.O.D. shipments of merchandise, plus a deposit for *830return costs, as damages for the defendant’s failure to return these shipments which the consignee had failed to accept. In the district court plaintiff was awarded damages of $1295.06, the amount prayed for. The Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit,…