Legal Opinion
Sloan v. Stevenson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 15, 1872No. 2389PublishedCited by 5 opinions
from the Fourth District Court, parish of Orleans. Théard, J.
1Opinion of the CourtLodeling-, C. J.
The plaintiffs sue the defendants io recover forty-three hales of cotton or the damages occasioned them by the wrongful taking of said cotton for defendants’ use.
John A. Stevenson and A. H. May, who composed the firm of Stevenson & May, filed separate answers. Stevenson filed a general denial, and admitted that the forty-three bales of cotton aforesaid had heen purchased by one Green, who transferred them to him ; that forty-one hales of said cotton were delivered to him; that both lie and Green were agents for the Louisiana State Bank; and that the said forty-one hales of cotton, having heen…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Gravier's Curator v. Carraby'sSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1841
3Cited by5 opinions
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