Morgan's L. & T. R. & S. S. Co. v. Stewart
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Walter Byers Sommerville, Judge. Action by Morgan’s Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Company against Henry I. Stewart. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
On Motion to Dismiss Appeal.
MONROE, J.
Plaintiff brought this suit, alleging that Henry I. Stewart, conspiring with one or more of its employSs, had obtained from it $36,783 by means of fraudulent vouchers; that he had left the state permanently, etc.; and praying for an attachment. It then amended its petition, and alleged that it had learned that the person whom it had supposed to be Henry I. Stewart was in fact Rudolph Fink Gamer, one of its employSs, who had drawn the fraudulent vouchers in question, and having forged the names of other employSs, had obtained the money on said vouchers in…
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