Arrowsmith v. Gordon
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Fifth District Court of New Orleans, Buchanan, J, The facts of this case are fully stated iu the opinion delivered by Eustis, C. J. infra.. If the rights of the parties are to be governed by the common law, the defendants had no right to sell the cotton, until after the maturity of the bills. Story on Bailments, sec. 308. 2 Caines’ Cases, 202. If by the laws of Lonisiana, a fortiori, none.
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APPEAL from the Fifth District Court of New Orleans, Buchanan, J, The facts of this case are fully stated iu the opinion delivered by Eustis, C. J. infra.. If the rights of the parties are to be governed by the common law, the defendants had no right to sell the cotton, until after the maturity of the bills. Story on Bailments, sec. 308. 2 Caines’ Cases, 202. If by the laws of Lonisiana, a fortiori, none. C. C. 3132. Garlick v. James, 12 John’s Rep. 146. If the jury regarded as the basis of plaintiff’s rights, the relative values of the cotton solely, the amount of their verdict was not…
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the court was pronounced by
Eustis, C. J.*
The plaintiff, in September, 1844, sold to the defendants two bills of exchange, amounting to ¿62,327 15 6 sterling, and with them were delivered bills of lading for six hundred and ninety-seven bales of cotton shipped on board the Coromando. The plaintiff and defendants were merchants in New Orleans; the bills were sold here, and were drawn on Henry H. Hoskins of Liverpool, to whom the cotton was consigned. It is alleged that the bills *108of lading were purchased under a special agreement; that they were given and held as security for the…
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