Bryceland Lumber Co. v. Kerlin
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Third Judicial District Court, Parish of Bienville; William C. Barnette, Judge. Action by the Bryceland Lumber Company, Limited, against T. J. Kerlin. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
This suit is on two promissory notes and on an open account.
The only defense to the notes Is that defendant has offered to pay them, provided plaintiff would return certain stock which, defendant says, was collateral for one of them.
[1] Plaintiff never received the stock in question. Defendant gave an order for it on a Mr. Goodrich; but this order, though duly presented, was not honored. Mr. Goodrich was at that time the president of the plaintiff company, but lived in St. Louis, .Mo., and, as we understand, took no part in the management of its local affairs. What *3stock this was, and what…
2Cited by1 opinion
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