Ellerslie Planting Co. v. Blackman
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; Charles Austin O’Neill, Judge. Action by the Ellerslie Planting Company, Limited, against Warren O. Blackman, in which Mrs. Fannie Maddox Blackman intervenes. From a judgment for intervener, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Plaintiff brings this suit on a note for $2,525.13, given by defendant for the price of two mules and for advances, made by it (plaintiff) for the purpose of his (defendant’s) crop of 1909, and on an open account for a balance of $1,019.11, due for advances on the crop of 1910. The contract for the advances for the crop of 1909 declares that defendant is the owner of ten mules, and other movable property, “without which this contract would not have been made,” and that said ten mules are specially pledged and pawned the more effectually to secure said advances.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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