Lopez v. McAdam

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Slidell, J.

The object of this action is, to have declared null and void a contract between the plaintiffs and the defendants, by which they took an interest with the defendants in a shipment of beef to London. The contract was embodied in the following memorandum : “ Invoice of 188 tierces of prime mess-beef, shipped on board the bark Saone, Robertson, master, consigned to Messrs. Jones, Brothers, London, on joint account of Messrs. T. J. Lopez Sf Co., and Thomas McAdam Sf Co. New Orleans, December 26, 1848. 188 tierces of prime mess beef, at $16,…