Legal Opinion
Da Ponte v. Breton
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 11, 1908No. 16,539PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Walter Byers Sommerville, Judge. Action by H. Da Ponte against Albert Breton and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
The judge a quo dismissed this suit upon an exception of “no cause of action,” and plaintiff has appealed.
' The allegations of the petition, necessary to be considered, are:
“That * * * Albert Breton and Felix J. Dreyfous verbally solicited petitioner to subscribe to the capital stock of the German-American National Bank, then in course of organization ; that, acting upon their solicitation, pe*456titioner subscribed to 40 shares of the said capital stock; that, in confirmation of said verbal transaction, the . following- correspondence took place:
“ ‘German American…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Feitel v. DreyfousSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
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