Wilson & Co. v. Lizardi
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The plaintiffs show that they are bankers in London, and the firm of C. D. Tolmé & Co., bankers in Havana, are largely indebted to them, and had placed drafts in the hands of J. A. Merle & Co., of New-Orleans, with instructions to collect the same and remit the proceeds to them in London ; and that by these means they became the owners of said drafts and the proceeds thereof as soon as they were thus appropriated and…
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The plaintiffs show that they are bankers in London, and the firm of C. D. Tolmé & Co., bankers in Havana, are largely indebted to them, and had placed drafts in the hands of J. A. Merle & Co., of New-Orleans, with instructions to collect the same and remit the proceeds to them in London ; and that by these means they became the owners of said drafts and the proceeds thereof as soon as they were thus appropriated and placed for collection on their account. They further show that the defendants, M. De Lizardi & Co., and others, claiming to…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
The plaintiffs, bankers of London, represent in their petition that C. D. Tolmé & Co., of the Havana, being largely indebted to them, remitted at different times, between the 1st of November, 4836, and the 1st of April 1837, to John A. Merle & Co., who were the plaintiffs’ agents, a number of drafts amounting to,"[upwards of sixty thousand dollars, for collection, and directed the proceeds to be remitted to them, That Merle & Co. received these drafts, as the agents of the plaintiffs, and undertook to hold them, on their account, until they should mature, and to collect and remit their…
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