Dumaine & Co. v. Gay, Sullivan & Co.

McCALEB, Judge.

Since this is the second time this case has come before us on appeal, we believe that a brief history of the litigation is pertinent.

Dumaine & Company, a commercial co-partnership doing business in the City of New Orleans, brought this suit against Gay, Sullivan & Company,. Inc'., to recover the sum of $213.41, as damages resulting from an alleged breach of contract. It' averred that on January 22, 1934, it was engaged in the business of selling sugar as brokers; that, while so engaged, it ordered from the defendant 800 bags of “Slack Central” or “Rosedale seconds” sugar to be…