Legal Opinion
Garland v. Estate of Scott
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 15, 1860PublishedCited by 19 opinions
APPEAL from the District Court of the Parish of Carroll, Farrar, J.
1Opinion of the CourtMerrick, C. J.
This suit is brought upon an instrument in these words :
“ Due Wm. H. Garland, Esq., nineteen hundred dollars, borrowed money. New Orleans, July 22d, 1853.
Ҥ1900. (Signed) Wm. S. Scott, U. S. M.
Chas. A. Labuzan.”
The defendant, the administratrix of Scott, denies, in her answer, the agency of Labuzan to borrow money and sign the due bill, and avers that he had no authority to perform said acts ; she denies, generally, each and every other allegation in the petition, and pleads the prescription of throe and five years.
The intestate, W. S. Scott, was the Marshal of the United States for the…
2Cited by19 opinions
- Minyard v. Curtis Products, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1967
- Duer & Taylor v. BLANCHARD, WALKER, ETC.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- Brignac v. BoisdoreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- Greenfield Box Co. v. Independence Veneer & Box Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
- Meyer v. Parish of PlaqueminesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1942
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