E. B. Williams & Co. v. Louisiana Lumber Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

Plaintiffs action is for damages. It is a wholesale lumber dealer, manufacturer, and exporter in New Orleans. The amount of the claim is fifteen thousand three hundred dollars for the violation, of'a contract.. A writ "of attachment was issued for part of this claim, eight thousand seven hundred and three dollars, for items which plaintiff avers were certain as to amount due.- But items for asserted injury to credit, loss of time; and others similar were omitted. *100Plaintiff alleged that defendant is a non-resident corporation, a fact not…