Montgomery v. Wood
Supreme Court of Louisiana
from the Fourth District Court of New Orleans, Strawbridge, L cited 11 Mart. 636. 1 Pick. 342. Dunlap’s Paley on Agency, 26, 27, and cases cited: The judgment of the court (King, J. absent,) was pronounced by
1Opinion of the Court
Host, L
This action is brought to recover the proceeds of a sale of goods, sold on plaintiffs’ account by the defendants, who are commission merchants. It is alleged in the petition, and admitted in the answer, that the goods were shipped to the defendants, to sell them for cash and remit the proceeds.
The defendants received the goods and sold them to Bernard Donlin, a person alleged to have been in fair credit at the time, and delivered them, without receiving or demanding the money. Six or seven weeks after the delivery, Donlin failed and absconded, leaving the debt unpaid; and the…
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