Sevin v. Caillouet

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Egan, J.

The plaintiffs were commission merchants in' the city of New Orleans. The defendant resided in the parish of Lafourche, where *529he was engaged in the year 1871 in planting, in partnership with J. K. Gourdain, a member of plaintiffs’ firm at the time. It appears that the defendant had been furnishing the money used by his partnership, but that in the month of May it became necessary to arrange for advances of money and supplies for the year; that Gourdain was unable to furnish them, and that an arrangement was made by which his New Orleans firm…