Alex W. Rothschild & Co. v. Lynch

The plaintiff corporation brought this suit against James Lynch and I-Iunter L. Wilson to recover $2,218.50 as the alleged value of a package of jewelry sent by it to its presiden^ Alex W. Rothschild, at New Orleans and delivered to the Cosmopolitan Hotel, operated by defendants, which package was never delivered to the addressee.

Defendants filed an exception of no cause of action, which was sustained by the court below. This ruling was set aside on appeal, and the case remanded for a trial on the merits. See Alex W. Rothschild & Co. v. Lynch et al., 157 La. 849, 103 So. 188. Thé trial on the…