Shushan Bros. & Co. v. Hillcoat

The judgment of the court of appeal for the parish of Orleans rendered in the above consolidated cases is before us for review on a writ of certiorari obtained at the instance of Robert W. Hillcoat, a defendant in each of said cases.

The plaintiff in the respective cases has sued Drennan & Hillcoat et al. as a commercial firm, and seek to recover judgments against said firm and its members in solido for the amount of open accounts for merchandise sold and delivered by plaintiffs to Drennan.

The first named suit was instituted originally in section A, and the second named suit in section B, of…