Strudwick Funeral Home v. Crawford

Plaintiff-appellant has appealed from a judgment of the First City Court of New Orleans maintaining an exception leveled by defendant against its suit.

On July 29, 1947, plaintiff, Strudwick Funeral Home, Inc., filed suit No. 327-057 of the docket of the lower court against defendant, Edward Crawford, for the amount allegedly due under a contract entered into between the parties. Subsequently plaintiff filed a supplemental and amended petition. The defendant answered and the case was regularly fixed for trial. During the course of the trial, on motion of plaintiff's counsel, the suit was…