W. F. Taylor Co. v. Gulf Land & Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twelfth Judicial District Court, Parish of Vernon; John Bachman Lee, Judge. Action by the W. F. Taylor Company, Limited, against the Gulf Land & Lumber Company, Limited. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
Plaintiff in this suit claimed an amount due him on a note signed by the defendant company as maker and on an open account.
The former was for the sum of $2,-956.67, the latter for the sum of $2,249.02.
After the suit had been brought the defendant paid the open account, as it discovered (as it contends) that it was its debt for goods and merchandise sold to it. It did not pay the note; its contention being that it represented an old debt of the Leesville Lumber Company, and not a debt of the defendant company.
The trial judge overlooked the payment of the open account, and rendered a judgment…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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