Legal Opinion
Guillory v. Courville
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 3, 1963No. 985PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CULPEPPER, Judge.
This is a suit on an open account. From an adverse judgment the plaintiff appeals.
The substantial issue is whether defendant has proved his defense that he was acting as a disclosed agent of a corporation.
There is no dispute as to the law. An agent is responsible to those with whom he contracts when he does not disclose that he is acting as an agent. LSA-C.C. art. 3013. Furthermore, the special defense of agency, cannot be proved by the mere testimony of defendant. He must be corroborated by other evidence. De Rouen v. Aiavolasiti, La.App., 121 So.2d 851.
The facts show that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- De Rouen v. AiavolasitiLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1960
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