Nugent v. Hickey
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the District Court of East Baton Rouge, Burle, J. cited Story on Agency, ss. 61, 93, 95, 127, 25G> 257. Civ. Code, art. 1960. 17 La. 353. Walsh had no authority to bind the defendant by note. Story on Agency, ss. 62, 65, 68, 69, and notes 2,72, 76. Civ. Code, art. 2966.
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the court was pronounced by
Eustis, C. J.
This case involves the question of the liability of the defendant for a debt of $2,332 12¿, due to the partnership of Nugent, Turpin Sf Walt, doing business in New Orleans.
It is charged in the petition that the defendant, being the owner of the Parc Perdu plantation, in the parish of St. Martin, constituted S. W. Walsh his agent for the management of it, with full power for the purchase of stock, or the necessary articles for the use of the plantation, and for the settlement of accounts *359in relation to the same'; that Walsh remained on…
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