Alcolea v. Smith
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; George H. ThSard, Judge. Action by Rafael Alcolea against Hugh E. Smith. From a judgment rejecting plaintiff’s demand for certain jewelry on his paying the amount for which it was pledged or on default of its surrender for $8,500 shown to be considerably less than its value, the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, C. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment rejecting plaintiff’s demand for certain jewelry on his paying $1,200, for which amount it was pledged to defendant, or, in default of its surrender, for $3,500, ‘shown to be considerably less than its value; the circumstances out of which the suit has arisen being as follows:
On September 25, 1915, by authentic act executed in New Orleans, plaintiff acknowledged that defendant had loaned him $1,200, and defendant acknowledged that he “had in his possession three diamond rings; one diamond stick pin; three sets of diamond…
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