Burton v. Maltby
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OE THE PIBST JUPlCiAE DISTRICT. This is an action for the settlement of a particular partnership, and the recovery of a balance of $454, which the plaintiff alleges is due to him on a final liquidation and close of their affairs, by the defendant. He filed an account showing this balance and which is annexed to the petition. The answer negatives all the allegations in the petition and pleads the want of amicable demand.
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APPEAL PROM THE COURT OE THE PIBST JUPlCiAE DISTRICT. This is an action for the settlement of a particular partnership, and the recovery of a balance of $454, which the plaintiff alleges is due to him on a final liquidation and close of their affairs, by the defendant. He filed an account showing this balance and which is annexed to the petition. The answer negatives all the allegations in the petition and pleads the want of amicable demand. The defendant after-wards a peremptory exception, that the suit could not be maintained, because the plaintiff claimed a certain sum and not a…
1Opinion of the CourtGarland, J.
The plaintiff alleges he and defendant, in the month of January, 1837, entered into partnership for the purpose of carrying on the boat breaking and lumber business in the cities ’of New Orleans and Lafayette. William Granger was for a few months connected with them, but withdrew, and they carried on the business until about the 15th of September, in the same year, when they dissolved their connection. This suit is to recover a balance which the plaintiff .says the defendant owes him upon a full settlement of their accounts, also the sum pf $ 155, which he says is the half of a debt of $311…
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