Ward v. Warfield
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Fourth District Court of New Orleans, Sirawbridge, J* The facts of this case are stated at length in the opinion delivered by Slidell, J. infra. The judge of the District Court rendered a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs against T. B. Warfield for the sum of $2643 33, with Interest at five per .cent a year, from 12 March, 1844, till paid* and costs ; and in favor of Curneal for $159 21, with interests five per cent, from 30 April, . 1844, with costs.
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APPEAL from the Fourth District Court of New Orleans, Sirawbridge, J* The facts of this case are stated at length in the opinion delivered by Slidell, J. infra. The judge of the District Court rendered a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs against T. B. Warfield for the sum of $2643 33, with Interest at five per .cent a year, from 12 March, 1844, till paid* and costs ; and in favor of Curneal for $159 21, with interests five per cent, from 30 April, . 1844, with costs. The reasons for this judgment are stated by him, .as follows; “This case involves the application of a well settled principle…
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the court was pronounced by
Slidell, J.
The plaintiffs are cotton factors in New Orleans, and the defendants are owners of a plantation in Mississippi, which appears to have been under the superintendence of T. B. Warfield. Carneal, one of the owners, resided at Cincinnati. The style of the planting partnership was, Warfield &¡• Co.
The object of this action is to hold the defendants for a loss upon a shipment of cotton to Liverpool. The cotton was shipped by the defendants to the plaintiffs, with whom they were in account, for sale. Instead .of selling at New Orleans they…
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