Scheuermann v. Monarch Fruit Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Thomas C. W. Ellis, Judge. Action by George Scheuermann against the Monarch Fruit Company. The First National Bank of Fresno intervenes, and the Morgan’s Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Company was garnished. Judgment for plaintiff, and intervener appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
LAND, J,
Plaintiff sued the Monarch Fruit Company for $2,040 damages for breach of contract to ship and deliver a first-class car of London layer raisins, and caused to be attached a car of raisins that had been shipped by defendant company to the city of New Orleans under a bill of lading to shipper’s order. The bill of lading was attached to a sight draft on the plaintiff for $2,290.72, drawn by the defendant company to the order of the First National Bank of Fresno, Cal. The bill of lading and the draft were also seized under the attachment. -
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