Railway Audit & Inspection Co. v. Pendleton

Plaintiff is engaged in conducting a general detective agency, to carry on and direct investigations, conduct searches, discover evidence, examine into causes to ascertain underlying facts connected with complex prob lems, and to do all things incidental and necessary thereto. Defendant, at one time, owned and conducted a corporation, known as Forrest C. Pendleton, Inc., which was engaged in the same kind of business as was plaintiff, and which, through the name and influence of defendant, enjoyed a large and profitable business in New Orleans and throughout the state.

Plaintiff acquired all…